Rivers, Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers (c. 1660–1712)

English soldier and courtier. In 1681 he was member of Parliament for Wigan and nine years later he fought the Jacobites in Ireland. He succeeded to the earldom in 1694, and became general of horse in 1708. When the duke of Marlborough's downfall was imminent Rivers changed sides. He was a friend of the Irish satirist Jonathan Swift. He was known as a notorious profligate.