Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers

The Earl Rivers
Personal details
Born
Richard Savage

ca. 1654
London, Middlesex, England
Died18 August 1712 (aged 57–58)
Ealing Grove, Middlesex, London, England, Great Britain
Military service
Allegiance England (1686–1707)
 Great Britain (1707–1712)
Branch/serviceEnglish Army
British Army
Years of service1686–1712
RankGeneral
CommandsMaster-General of the Ordnance
Constable of the Tower of London
Battles/warsWilliamite War in Ireland
War of the Spanish Succession
Blue plaque at 9 Old Queen Street Westminster London SW1H 9HP

General Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC (ca. 1654 – 18 August 1712) was an English nobleman and soldier who was a senior Army officer in the English and then British Army. The second son of Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers and his first wife Elizabeth Scrope, Savage was styled Viscount Colchester after the death of his elder brother Thomas in 1680, he was designated by that title until he succeeded to the peerage upon the death of his father, the 3rd Earl, in 1694. Savage served as Master-General of the Ordnance and Constable of the Tower, and was briefly commander-in-chief of the forces in lieu of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde until his death in 1712.