Edward Rich, 6th Earl of Warwick (c. 1673 – 31 July 1701) was an English peer and politician who was styled Lord Rich until 1675.[1]
Origins
He was the son and heir of Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick, 2nd Earl of Holland (1620–1675).
Career
In 1675 he succeeded his father to the titles. In 1699, together with his friend Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, Warwick was tried for the murder of Richard Coote and was found guilty of manslaughter. He escaped punishment by pleading the privilege of peerage. He and Mohun had killed Coote in a duel and it was common for a seventeenth-century jury in such cases to take a lenient view of such matters.[2]
^"The trial of Edward Earl of Warwick and Holland, before the House of Lords, for the murder of Richard Coote, esq". A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors. 13 (402, column 939). 1812.