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RICHARDS, ROBERT VAUGHAN, brother of Richard Richards (KS 1802, qv); b. 3 Nov 1790; adm.; KS 1804; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1808, matr. 27 May 1808, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1811; BA 1812; MA 1814; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 26 Nov 1819, Bencher 1839; special pleader; Oxford and Welsh Circuits; QC Feb 1839; m. 29 Jun 1818 Jane, dau. of Matthew Chalié, Mincing Lane, London, wine merchant; d. 2 Jul 1846.

RICHARDS, RICHARD; b.; Min. Can. 1641.

RICHARDS, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 11) Nov 1737. [Presumably brother or close kin to John Richards, adm. same month].

RICHARDS, RICHARD, eldest son of Right Hon. Sir Richard Richards, Kt, PC, Coed, Merioneth, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Catharine, dau. of Robert Vaughan Humphreys, Caerynwch, Merioneth; b. 22 Sep 1787; adm. 24 Jan 1801 (Clapham); KS 1802; left Mar 1806; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1806; BA 1810; MA 1812; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 20 Nov 1812; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1817; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 8 Aug 1814-31 (when post abolished); Accountant-General and Master, Court of Exchequer 10 Jul 1820-41; a Master in Chancery from 15 Oct 1841; MP (Cons) Merioneth Jun 1836-52; DL Merioneth; m. 11 Jan 1814 Harriett, elder dau. of Jonathan Dennett, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London; d. 27 Nov 1860.

RICHARDS, RICHARD MEREDYTH, only son of Richard Richards (KS 1802, qv); b. 18 Jan 1821; adm. 3 Jun 1833 (Benthall's); KS (Capt. ) 1834; Capt. of the School 1837; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1838, but went to Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Nov 1838; BA 1842; MA 1845; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 20 Nov 1846; of Caerynwch, Merionethshire; DL JP Merioneth, High Sheriff 1865; chairman, Denbighshire QS; m. 1st, 29 Jul 1845 Elizabeth Emma, dau. of William Bennett, Faringdon House, Berks.; m. 2nd, 12 May 1863 Louisa Janette Anne, only child of Edward Lloyd Edwards, Cerrig Llwydion, Denbighshire; d. 4 Nov 1873.

RICHARDS, JOHN; b.; adm. 12 Jan 1807; left 1810. [Presumably brother or close kin to Edward C. Richards, adm. same day].

RICHARDS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Nov 1737; left 1740. [Presumably brother or close kin to Richard Richards, adm. same month].

RICHARDS, JOHN, son of George Richards, Silverton, Devon, and Mary ---; b.; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1658; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 12 Dec 1661, Westminster Student 4 Jul 1661-77, Faculty Student 1677 – void 1688; BA 1665; MA (Christ Church Act Book) 1668; [perhaps Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office c. 1665 – c. 1673, Under Secretary c. 1673 – Sep 1674; perhaps Deputy Treasurer of Chamber, Royal Household c. Apr 1692 – dead (sic) at 26 Mar 1698]; buried Silverton, Devon 4 Nov 1704.

RICHARDS, JAMES, son of John Richards, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1724; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1728, matr. 25 Jun 1728, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1728 – void 30 Apr 1745 (expiry year of grace as R. Odcombe from 28 Apr 1744); BA 1732; MA 18 Mar 1734/5; ordained deacon 16 Jun 1733, priest 22 Sep 1734 (both Oxford); Curate, Littleton, Worcs., 1735, Ashenden, Bucks., 1737; Rector of Odcombe, Somerset, from 4 Apr 1744; m.; d. 1759.