Robert
Rich, the son of the Earl of Warwick, was born in 1587. Educated at
Cambridge University, he went to the
Americas where he held administrative posts in New England and Bermuda.
In 1628 he got the patent of the Massachusetts Bay colony and in 1635
founded the settlement of Saybrook in Connecticut.
The
Earl of Warwick became one of the leading Puritans
in the House of Lords and on
the outbreak of the Civil
War
he was placed in command of Parliament's navy.
The
Earl of Warwick opposed the execution of Charles
I and retired from politics in 1649. Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of
Warwick, died in 1658.
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