4TH See also:EARL See also:RICHARD See also:SAVAGE See also:RIVERS (c. 1660—1712)
, was the second son of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, 3rd See also:earl; and after the See also:death about 168o of his See also:elder See also:brother Thomas, styled See also:Viscount See also:Colchester, he was designated by that See also:title until he succeeded to the See also:peerage
.
See also:Early in See also:life See also:Richard See also:Savage acquired notoriety by his dare-devilry and dissipation, and he was, too, one of the most conspicuous rakes in the society of the See also:period
.
After becoming See also:Lord Colchester on his brother's death he entered See also:parliament as member for See also:Wigan in 1681 and procured a See also:commission in the Horseguards under See also:Sarsfield in 1686
.
He was " the first nobleman and one of the first persons " who joined the See also:prince of See also:Orange on his landing in See also:England, and he accompanied See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William to See also:London
.
Obtaining promotion in the See also:army, he served with distinction in See also:Ireland and in the See also:Netherlands, and was made See also:major-See also:general in 1693 and
II
See also:lieutenant-general in 1702
.
In 1694 he succeeded his See also:father as 4th Earl See also:Rivers
.
He served abroad in 1702 under See also:Marl-See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, who formed a high See also:opinion of his military capacity and who recommended him for the command of a force for an invasion of See also:France in 1706
.
The expedition was eventually diverted to See also:Portugal, and Rivers, finding himself superseded before anything was accomplished, returned to England, where See also:Marlborough procured for him a command in the See also:cavalry
.
The favour shown him by Marlborough did not deter Rivers from paying See also:court to the Tories when it became evident that the Whig ascendancy was waning, and his See also:appointment as See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable of the See also:Tower in 1710 on the recommendation of Harley and without Marlborough's knowledge was the first unmistakable intimation to the Whigs of their impending fall
.
Rivers now met with marked favour at court, being entrusted with a delicate See also:mission to the elector of See also:Hanover in 1710, which was followed by his appointment in 1711 as See also:master-general of the See also:ordnance, a See also:post hitherto held by Marlborough himself
.
See also:Swift, who was intimate with him, speaks of him as " an See also:arrant See also:knave "; but the See also:dean may have been disappointed at being unmentioned in Rivers's will, for he made a fierce comment on the earl's bequests to his mistresses and his neglect of his See also:friends
.
In See also:June 1712 Rivers was promoted to. the See also:rank of general, and became See also:commander-in-See also:chief in England; he died. a few See also:weeks later, on the 18th of See also:August 1712
.
He married in 1679 See also:Penelope, daughter of See also:Roger See also:Downes, by whom he had a daughter See also:Elizabeth, who married the 4th earl of Barrymore
.
He also, See also:left several illegitimate See also:children, two of whom were by See also:Anne, countess of See also:Macclesfield
.
Rivers's intrigue with See also:Lady Macclesfield was the cause of that lady's See also:divorce from her See also:husband in 1701
.
Richard Savage, the poet, claimed identity with Lady Macclesfield's son by Lord Rivers, but though his See also:story was accepted by Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson and was very generally believed, the See also:evidence in its support is faulty in several respects
.
As Rivers left no legitimate son the earldom passed on his death to his See also:cousin, See also:John Savage, See also:grandson of the 2nd earl, and a See also:priest in the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, on whose death, about 1935, all the See also:family titles became See also:extinct
.
See William See also:Coxe, See also:Memoirs of Marlborough (3 vols., London, 1818); Letters and Despatches of Marlborough, 1702-1712, vol. v., edited by See also:Sir G
.
See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray (5 vols., London, 1845); See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Burnet, See also:History of his own See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
Time (6 vols., See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1833) ; F
.
W
.
See also:Wyon, History of See also:Great See also:Britain during the Reign of See also:Queen Anne (2 vols., London, 1876) ; G
.
E
.
C., See also:Complete Peerage, vol. vi
.
(London, 1895)
.
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