Earl Rivers
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'''Earl Rivers''' was an [[England|English]] title held in succession by the families of [[Woodville]] or Wydeville, [[Darcy]] and [[Savage]]. In [[1299]] [[John Rivers]], or de Ripariis, was summoned to [[Parliament of England|parliament]] as a [[baron]], and his son John was similarly summoned by [[Edward II of England|Edward II]]. The [[earldom]] was created for [[Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers|Sir Richard Woodville]] in [[1466]] and remained in this family until [[1491]]. As borne by the Woodvilles the title was not derived from the name of a place, but from an ancient family name, Redvers, or Reviers, members of this family, whose arms are quartered on the Rivers shield, having been sometime [[Earl of Devon|Earls of Devon]].
From [[1626]] to his death in [[1640]] the earldom was held by [[Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers]], who had been both, succeeded as [[Baron Darcy of Temple Hurst|Baron Darcy de Chiche]] (which he held as last) and created ''Baron Darcy de Chiche'' in [[1613]]. From him, it descended by special remainder to his grandson [[John Darcy, 2nd Earl Rivers|John]] (c. [[1610]]-[[1654]]), the son of his daughter Elizabeth (d. 1651) by her marriage with Sir [[Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage|Thomas Savage]] (d. [[1635]]), who was created [[Viscount Savage]] in [[1626]]. John's son [[Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers|Thomas]] (c. 1626-[[1694]]) was the 3rd earl, and his grandson [[Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers|Richard]] the 4th earl (see below). The title and his subsidiaries became extinct when [[John Savage, 5th Earl Rivers|John]], the 5th earl, died in [[1737]].
[[Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers|Elizabeth, Viscountess Savage]], daughter of the 1st Earl Rivers and mother of the 2nd Earl, was created Countess Rivers in her own right in [[1641]]. This title was for life only, and became extinct at her death in [[1650]].
A new [[Baron Rivers|Barony of Rivers]], held by the family of Pitt and its later representative, that of Pitt-Rivers, was in existence from [[1776]] to [[1880]].
==Earls Rivers, first Creation (1466)==
*[[Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers]], (d. [[1469]])
*[[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers]] ([[1442]]?- June 25, 1483)
*[[Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers]], (birth unknown, died [[6 March]] [[1491]])
==Earls Rivers, second Creation (1626)==
*[[Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers]] (d. [[1640]])
*[[John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers]] (c. [[1603]] - [[10 October]] [[1654]])
*[[Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers]] (c. [[1628]] - [[14 September]] [[1694]])
*[[Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers]] (c. [[1654]] - [[18 August]] [[1712]])
*[[John Savage, 5th Earl Rivers]] ([[29 April]] [[1665]] - [[9 May]] [[1737]])
==Earl Rivers, third Creation (1641)==
*[[Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers]] (d. [[1650]])
==Savage Baronets of Rocksavage (1611)==
*[[Sir John Savage, 1st Baronet]] (d. 1615)
*[[John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers|Sir John Savage, 1st Baronet]] (c. 1603–1654), later 2nd Earl Rivers.
==References==
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