Background
He was the only son of Edward Rich, 6th Earl of Warwick and his wife Charlotte Myddelton, only child of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet.
He was the only son of Edward Rich, 6th Earl of Warwick and his wife Charlotte Myddelton, only child of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet.
After his father"s death Charlotte in 1716 remarried the writer Joseph Addison, who had been her son"s tutor. In 1718, he was appointed a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to George, Prince of Wales, and on 19 May 1719, he became a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to George I.
Because he died so young it is perhaps diffficult to form any firm judgment on his character. Even during his short life there seem to have been two oppposing views.
The other view was that he was "an exceptionally studious and intellectual young man", who in his short life was much loved by his friends and family.