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The Earl Rivers | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Savage ca. 1654 London, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 18 August 1712 (aged 57–58) Ealing Grove, Middlesex, London, England, Great Britain |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  England (1686–1707) Great Britain (1707–1712) |
| Branch/service | English Army British Army |
| Years of service | 1686–1712 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Master-General of the Ordnance Constable of the Tower of London |
| Battles/wars | Williamite War in Ireland War of the Spanish Succession |
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.