Details of Sir Andrew Riccard

[wjhonson]

Here on Leo's great website
http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.ph ... 4&tree=LEO

we see that Sir Andrew Riccard who was not only Governor of the East
India Company and the Levant Company but also the Turkey Company i.e.
he was a quite successful merchant

Knighted in 1662, he was also an Alderman of London

He is perhaps better known genealogically as the father of that
Christiana (Christian) Riccard who was his only child, baptised 19 Mar
1638/9 at St Olave's, London who m thrice.

Firstly Christian married John Gayer of Stoke Pogis son of the Lord
Mayor and Sheriff John Gayer by his wife Katherine Hopkins. This
first husband John Gayer d.s.p. in 1657

Christian allowed no moss to grow on her, marrying secondly, and up to
Henry Rich, Lord Kensington on 14 Feb 1659 at Kensington. He was the
son of Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick and 2nd Earl of Holland
(buried 16 Apr 1675 at Kensington).

Her second husband only lasted a brief time, dying on 15 Apr 1659,
whereupon Christian married by 1661 to John Berkeley of Bruton, 1st
Baron Berkeley of Stratton (from 1658) who was 30 years her senior.

This fact apparently did not serve as any obstacle to her having at
least or exactly three sons by her last husband.

Towit Charles, John and William, each in their turn Lord Berkeley of
Stratton, the elder two d.s.p. obviously.

Leo has no date details for the life of Sir Andrew Riccard, but he has
or had a Monument at St Olave's erected apparently by the members of
the Turkey Company, showing that he died 6 Sep 1672 "aged 68"

This family is also in the Ancestry of Lord Byron

Should anyone have details purporting to show Andrew Riccard's
parents, siblings, wifes, etc, that would be appreciated.

Will Johnson