Peerage Record – 8336

     Lt.-Col. Charles Edwin Frederick Rich was born on 5 July 1871.² He was the son of Reverend John Rich and Clara Sophia Bosworth.² He married Violet Cecile Annie St. John, daughter of Admiral Henry Craven St. John and Catherine Dora Rodney, on 31 August 1899.¹ He died on 23 February 1944 at age 72.²
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.² He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He fought in the Boer War in 1902.² He was with HM Prison Service between 1905 and 1909.² He gained the rank of Major in the Lincolnshire Regiment.² He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1919, in France, and was where he was mentioned in dispatches five times.² He was Provost Marshal of 12th Army Corps and Allied Forces, Constantinople in 1916.² He was awarded the Croix de Guerre.² He was Governor between 1920 and 1923 at HM Borstal Institution, Kent, England.² He was Governor between 1929 and 1931 at Wandsworth Prison, Wandsworeth, London, England.²

     Reverend John Rich was born on 24 May 1826.¹ He was the son of Reverend John Rich and Georgiana Gordon.¹ He married Clara Sophia Bosworth, daughter of Thomas Holmes Bosworth and Sophia de Berchem, on 29 June 1861.¹ He died on 18 March 1913 at age 86.¹
     He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He held the office of Rural Dean of Malmesbury between 1861 and 1905.¹ He was Rector between 1884 and 1913 at Kellaways, Wiltshire, England.¹

     Clara Sophia Bosworth was born in 1836.² She was the daughter of Thomas Holmes Bosworth and Sophia de Berchem.^1,2 She married Reverend John Rich, son of Reverend John Rich and Georgiana Gordon, on 29 June 1861.¹ She died on 3 October 1911.¹
     Her married name became Rich.

     Thomas Holmes Bosworth was born in 1797.¹ He married Sophia de Berchem.¹ He died in 1864.¹
     He lived at Westerham, Kent, England^G.²

     Reverend John Rich was born on 27 September 1789. He was the son of Reverend Sir Charles Bostock Rich, 1st Bt. and Mary Frances Rich.¹ He married Georgiana Gordon, daughter of Charles Gordon, on 3 August 1825.² He died on 24 June 1856 at age 66.
     He graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.)² He was the Vicar at Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England^G.

     Georgiana Gordon was the daughter of Charles Gordon.¹ She married Reverend John Rich, son of Reverend Sir Charles Bostock Rich, 1st Bt. and Mary Frances Rich, on 3 August 1825.¹ She died in 1889.¹
     Her married name became Rich.

     Reverend Sir Charles Bostock Rich, 1st Bt. was the son of Reverend John Rich and Mary Hopson.¹ He married Mary Frances Rich, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Sir Robert Rich, 5th Bt. and Mary Ludlow, on 4 January 1783 at St. John’s Church, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He died on 12 September 1824.
     He was given the name of Charles Bostock at birth.² In 1790 his name was legally changed to Charles Rich.² He was created 1st Baronet Rich, of Rose Hall, co. Suffolk [Great Britain] on 11 June 1791.³

     Eleanor Dora St. John was the daughter of Admiral Henry Craven St. John and Catherine Dora Rodney.¹ She married Brig.-Gen. Arthur Unlacke Stockley, son of Colonel George Watts Stockley, on 3 January 1899.¹ She died on 12 August 1954.¹
     Her married name became Stockley.

     Brig.-Gen. Arthur Unlacke Stockley was the son of Colonel George Watts Stockley.¹ He married Eleanor Dora St. John, daughter of Admiral Henry Craven St. John and Catherine Dora Rodney, on 3 January 1899.¹ He died on 16 October 1939.¹
     He gained the rank of Brigadier-General in the Royal Atillery.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)¹