"Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland KG KB PC, August 1590 to 9 March 1649, was an English courtier and politician. He was executed by Parliament ...
after being captured fighting for the Royalists during the Second English Civil War.
Younger brother of Puritan activist Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, Henry Rich was better known as an "extravagant, decorative, quarrelsome and highly successful courtier". Despite this reputation, both Rich and his contemporaries considered him a "Puritan", a term that implied family connections and political outlook, not just a moral one.
A close friend of Charles I and his favourite the Duke of Buckingham, Rich performed various diplomatic errands, including negotiations for Charles' marriage to Henrietta Maria of France in 1625. He took part in the unsuccessful attack on Saint-Martin-de-Ré in 1627 and held a number of important positions at court during the 1630s. " - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021)
