RICHARDS, ROBERT; b.; adm.; KS 1666; drowned in river Thames with Henry Underhill (qv) Jun 1667, and buried with him in same grave in West Cloister, Westminster Abbey 26 Jun 1667.
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, 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, 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.
RICHARDS, GRIFFITH, brother of Richard Richards (KS 1802, qv); b. 1 Sep 1796; adm. Mich. 1809; KS 1810; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1814, but went to Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 May 1814; 1st cl. Classics and 2nd cl. Mathematics 1817; BA 1818; MA 1820; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 24 Nov 1820, Bencher 1839; also adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Nov 1826; QC 1839; practised in Chancery courts; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1828-31, when post abolished); m. 12 Aug 1839 Martha, only dau. of E. S. Dennison, Castlebar House, Ealing, Middlesex; d. 11 Jun 1843. [wife’s father perhaps Edward Stephenson Dennison (IGI)]
RICHARDS, FRANCIS, son of John Richards MD, Chelsea, Middlesex; bapt. St. Luke, Chelsea 3 Dec 1697 (IGI); adm.; QS 1712; left 1716; Queens’ Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Aug 1716; migr. to Emmanuel Coll. 16 May 1721; MB 1722; practised at Grantham, Lincs.; d. 11 Feb 1760.
Richards, Francis Ashburner, son of Francis Gardiner Richards, of Gardiner, Maine, U.S.A., by Anne, daughter of Samuel Ashburner, of London; b. Feb. 22, 1880; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (R); left July 1894; readm. Sept. 27, 1895; left Nov. 1898; New Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1912; an architect; served in Great War I; Lieut. R.N.V.R. Aug. 19, 1914; m. 1st Jan. 11, 1921, Lilian Mary, daughter of William Francis Hungerford Grey, of London; 2nd Veronica; d. June 13, 1961.
RICHARDS, FITZHERBERT, third son of Rev. Richard [MT admissions give Richard, TCD admissions give Robert] Richards, Dublin; b. Carrickmacross (TCD admissions); adm. (aged 15) Jan 1744/5 (Ludford's); left 1746; Trinity Coll. Dublin, matr. 9 Jul 1746, aged 17 (described as pupil of “Mr. Folds”); adm. Middle Temple 16 Nov 1748; MP (I) Lisburn 1776 – still 1784; a Commissioner of Barracks (I) (occurs 1781); non-resident owner of a plantation in Jamaica (Hickey, Memoirs, ii, 55-60). [will of Fitzherbert Richards, Marlborough Buildings, Bath, proved PCC 9 Aug 1811] [TCD admissions also give Robert Richards, son of Rev. Richard Richards, b. co. Monaghan, TCD adm. 11 Apr 1743, aged 15, ed. by “Mr. Folds”, so it seems likely that Fitzherbert Richards’s father’s Christian name was Richard, not Robert]