Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (5 June 1587 - 19 April 1658) was an English colonial administrator, admiral, and puritan. Rich was the eldest son of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick and his wife Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich, and succeeded to his father's title (Earl of Warwick) in 1619. (A younger brother was Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland.) Early developing interest in colonial ventures, he joined the Guinea, New England, and Virginia companies, as well as the Virginia Company's offspring, the Somers Isles Company. Warwick's enterprises involved him in disputes with the British East India Company (1617) and with the Virginia Company, which in 1624 was suppressed as a result of his action. In 1627 he commanded an unsuccessful privateering expedition against the Spaniards.