Sir Charles Rich, 3rd Baronet

Sir Charles Rich, 3rd Baronet (1680 – 17 October 1706) was an officer in the Royal Navy during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Born in 1680, the eldest of four sons of the politician and Lord of the Admiralty Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Baronet, Charles Rich embarked on a naval career.

On 28 February 1701 Rich was appointed second lieutenant of the 64-gun , transferring to the 70-gun , again as second lieutenant, on 1 December 1701. On 19 January 1702 Rich was promoted to commander and given command of the 28-gun . He captained her for the following year, during which time he relinquished his position as Vice-Admiral of Suffolk to Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart on 8 July 1702, and saw action against the French and Spanish at the Battle of Vigo Bay on 12 October 1702 as part of an allied Anglo-Dutch fleet under Admirals George Rooke and Philips van Almonde. The burial register noted that he was "of Beccles in Suffolk", and was "Captain of the Feversham man of war". No gravestone or memorial has survived. As he died without issue, the baronetcy descended to his younger brother Robert, a distinguished army officer.