Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers

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General The Right Honorable The Earl Rivers PC
Personal details
Born	Richard Savage ca. 1654 London, Middlesex, England
Died	18 August 1712 (aged 57–58) Ealing Grove, Middlesex, London, England, Great Britain
Military service
Allegiance	England (1686–1707)  Great Britain (1707–1712)
Branch/service	English Army British Army
Years of service	1686–1712
Rank	General
Commands	Master-General of the Ordnance Constable of the Tower of London
Battles/wars	Williamite War in Ireland War of the Spanish Succession

General Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC (ca. 1654 – 18 August 1712) was an English nobleman and soldier who was a senior Army officer in the English and then British Army. The second son of Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers and his first wife Elizabeth Scrope, Savage was styled Viscount Colchester after the death of his elder brother Thomas in 1680, he was designated by that title until he succeeded to the peerage upon the death of his father, the 3rd Earl, in 1694. Savage served as Master-General of the Ordnance and Constable of the Tower, and was briefly commander-in-chief of the forces in lieu of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde until his death in 1712.