RICKARDS, SIR GEORGE KETILBY, eldest son of George Rickards, Send Grove, Surrey, and Frances, second dau. of Rev. Samuel Ketilby DD, Vicar of Sutton, Beds.; b. 24 Jan 1812; adm. 10 Jul 1823 (G); left 1824; went to Eton Coll.; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Apr 1829; migr. to Trinity Coll. Oxford, scholar 1829; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1830; BA 1833; MA 1836; Fellow, Queen’s Coll. Oxford 1836-43; Drummond Professor of Political Economy, Oxford Univ. 1852-7; adm. Inner Temple 14 Nov 1831, called to bar 9 Jun 1837, Bencher 27 May 1873; Counsel to Speaker of House of Commons 1851-82; KCB 24 Jun 1882; JP Oxfordshire 1881; translated into blank verse some of the books of Virgil’s Aeneid, 1871-2; author, The Financial Policy of War, 1855, and other works; m. 1st, 16 Aug 1842 Frances Phoebe, second dau. of John Henry George Lefroy (qv); m. 2nd, 1861 Julia Cassandra, second dau. of Rev. Benjamin Lefroy, Rector of Ashe, Hampshire; d. 23 Sep 1889. DNB.

Richmond-Watson, Richmond Noel, son of Richmond Watson of Chalfont St Giles, Bucks, and Gwendolen Llewellyn Aves, d. of Rev. Frederick William Davis, Rector of St Catherine's Blairgowrie, Perthshire; b. 25 Dec. 1907; adm. Jan. 1922 (G); left Apr. 1925; Univ. of Lausanne; assumed additional surname Richmond; Roy. Bucks Hussars (TA) 1939-45 (Capt.), served France and Burma; a farmer, landowner, stud and racehorse owner in Northants; a Steward of the Jockey Club 1972-9; m. 1st 3 Dec. 1930 Joanne Essex, d. of William Lowndes MBE, of Chesham, Bucks; 2nd July 1946 Arabella Jean, d. of George Howard Coxon of Brockham Green, Surrey; d. 2002.

Richmond-Watson, George Frederick, brother of Richmond Noel Richmond-Watson (qv); b. 25 Oct. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (G); left Dec. 1927; assumed additional surname Richmond; Warwickshire Yeomanry in WW2 (Capt.); farming in Oxfordshire; m. 1st 15 July 1937 Barbara Mary, d. of Stanley John Benham of Arundel, Sussex; 2nd 28 Sept. 1960 Jean, d. of Brig. Philip St Barbe Sydenham; d. 17 Jan. 1992.

Richmond-Watson, Euan Owens, brother of Richmond Noel Richmond-Watson (qv); b. 1 Apr. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (G); left July 1935; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935; assumed additional surname Richmond; RAFVR 1940-5 (Wing Cdr); farmed in Sussex; m. 25 Nov. 1939 Hon. Gladys Gordon, d. of Thomas Siveright, 1st Baron Catto PC CBE; d. in Toronto 15 Apr. 1954.

Richardson, Denis John Arthur; b. Sept. 8, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left Dec. 1905; a schoolmaster; assumed the surname of Richardson only in lieu of Richardson-Kuhlmann Sept. 19, 1914; Gunner R.G.A. July 29, 1917; d. 1952.

Rich, Robert Dawson, brother of John Edmund Rich (qv); b. 21 Nov. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (G); left July 1938; Registrar Mary Ward Settlement 1952-75; a lecturer and adult literacy organiser, reta 1985; chairman Internat. Fedn of Pipers' Guilds 1981-6; d. 2007.

RICE, PERCY JOHN, brother of Horatio Morgan Rice (qv); b. 8 Jan 1810; adm. 19 Jan 1825 (G); Ensign, 51st Foot 14 Aug 1828; Lieut., 28 Nov 1834; Capt., 2 Sep 1837; Maj., 28 Dec 1849; d. unm. at Bangalore, India 22 May 1850.

RICE, HORATIO MORGAN, eldest son of Rev. John Morgan Rice, Royal Crescent, Brighton, Sussex, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William Holmes, Westcombe Park, Blackheath, Kent; b. 12 Nov 1805; adm. 5 Jun 1817 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 May 1823; BA 1827; ordained deacon 1829, priest 1830 (both Chichester); Curate, Rye, Sussex; Rector of South Hill, Cornwall, from 1841; m. 23 Jun 1841 Emily Beatrice, youngest dau. of Adm. John Dick, Saling Hall, Essex; d. 20 Oct 1863.

Ricci, Martin John Da Costa, son of John Barnes Da Costa Ricci (q.v.); b. Feb. 6, 1893; adm. May 4, 1906 (G); left Dec. 1910; d. Nov. 6, 1918.

RICCI, JOHN BARNES DA COSTA, son of Baron Anselmo Jose Da Costa Ricci, Portuguese Legation, London, and Anna Russell Barnes (IGI); b. 9 Oct 1866; adm. 21 Apr 1879 (G); left Aug 1882; First Clerk, Secretary’s Department, Bank of England; m. 26 Apr 1892 Lylie Freeman, dau. of Martin Schultz, Philadelphia, USA; d. 5 Feb 1917.