1619.] SIR JVILL/AM CAVENDISH. 215 



Council. In 1624 he succeeded his brother as 4th Earl of 

 Dorset ; in 1625 was installed K.G. ; at the coronation of 

 Charles I. he bore the sword of state ; on the king's marriage 

 was instituted lord chamberlain to Queen Henrietta Maria ; 

 and till the Rebellion was one of the principal members of 

 the Government, unremitting in his efforts for the king, on 

 which account the greater part of his estate was sequestrated. 

 He died June 17, 1652, at Dorset House, London, and was 

 succeeded by his son Richard. 



^ Robert Rich, subsequently 2nd Earl of Warwick, 

 succeeded his father in 1618 ; was admiral for the Long 

 Parliament, and, during the Commonwealth, enjoyed the full 

 confidence of Cromwell. He died in 1658. 



^^ Sir Henry Rich, K.B., was constituted captain of the 

 King's Guard in 1617 ; created Baron Kensington in 1622 ; 

 Earl of Holland in 1624 ; K.G. in 1625 ; constable of Windsor 

 Castle and general of the House in 1636. He was negotiator 

 of the projected Spanish and French matches, but flourished 

 chiefly in the reign of Charles L He was executed for treason 

 against the Commonwealth, March 9, 1648-9. 



^2 Sir William Cavendish, eldest son of William, ist 

 Earl of Devonshire, knighted March 7, 1606. He was as 

 conspicuous for his learning as his extravagance. So well 

 did he understand foreign languages, that he was appointed 

 to introduce several foreign ambassadors to the English 

 court ; and in such expense did he indulge, that, when he 

 succeeded to the titles and estates of his family, his house 

 appeared rather like a royal court than a subject's. He 

 married Catherine, daughter of Edward, Lord Bruce of 

 Kinlossie, and died June 20, 1628, aged 39. 



The death of his queen did not appear to have 

 caused the British Solomon much sfrief, 



^ March. 



as, on the 19th of March, "there was a 

 horse-race at Newmarket, at which the king, tarrying 



