Background
Rich was the second son of Nathaniel Rich of Stondon and his wife Elizabeth Hampden, married his distant cousin, Mary Rich, and inherited her father"s baronetcy by special remainder.
Rich was the second son of Nathaniel Rich of Stondon and his wife Elizabeth Hampden, married his distant cousin, Mary Rich, and inherited her father"s baronetcy by special remainder.
He was active in speaking on naval affairs in the House.
Rich was a Whig Member of Parliament for Dunwich and a Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of William III.