Family and Education
b. c. 1654, 2nd but o. surv. s. of (Sir) Thomas Rich, 1st Bt. by 2nd w. m. lic. 28 May 1672, aged 18, Lady Anne Bruce (d.1716), da. of Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury, 1s. suc. fa. 15 Oct. 1667.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 273; Lond. Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1129.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Berks. 1673 – 80, Glos. 1677 – 80, Oxon. 1679 – 80, Berks. and Oxon. 1689 – 90; high steward, Wokingham 1678 – d.; freeman, Reading 1689; j.p. Berks. by 1701–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Sonning, Berks.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
RICH, Sir William (c.1654-1711)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image
