Harry Rich
English polo player
About Harry Rich
Lived 1875 – 1930 (aged 54–55). Harry Rich was a British polo player.
Captain Harry Rich (circa 1875 – 8 October 1930), also known as Henry Rich, was an English champion polo player.
Biography He was born in England around 1875. He had a brother Frank Rich who was the polo instructor for the Prince of Wales; and Herbert Thomas Rich.
He participated in the 1909 International Polo Cup held at The Hurlingham Club with team-mates, Herbert Haydon Wilson, Frederick Maitland Freake, Patteson Womersley Nickalls, John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley and John Hardress Lloyd. His team lost to the United States.
He died in Hillmorton in England on 8 October 1930 from a self-inflicted double barrelled shotgun wound.
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Who was Harry Rich?
English polo player
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Harry Rich was born in 1875 in England.
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Harry Rich died on 8 October 1930 in Hillmorton.
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Harry Rich was a polo player.
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Harry Rich was British.
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