Charlotte Rich, Countess of Warwick

[1] Born Charlotte Myddelton, she was the daughter of Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet, of Chirk Castle, and his wife Charlotte Bridgeman (died 1694), herself the daughter of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Great Lever.

She married Edward Rich in February 1697, thus making her Countess of Warick and Holland.

In a biography of Addison, Samuel Johnson claimed that his wife treated him like a slave.

[5] The dowager countess was buried on 12 July 1731, alongside her first husband, at St Mary Abbots, Kensington.

[6] A portrait of her by Herman van der Mijn, dating from around 1726, is held by the National Trust at Chirk Castle.