RICH, JOHN, eldest son of Rev. John Bostock Rich (formerly Bostock), Rector of Newtimber, Sussex, and Georgiana, dau. of Charles Gordon; b. 24 May 1826; adm. 16 Jun 1838 (Benthall's); QS (Capt. ) 1840; Capt. of the School 1843; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1844, matr. 31 May 1844, Westminster Student 1844-62; BA 1848; MA 1851; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1851, priest (Chichester) 1856; Curate, Newtimber, Sussex 1856-61; Vicar of Chippenham, Wilts., 1861-1904; Hon. Canon, Bristol 1882; Rector of Tytherton Kelways, Wilts., from 1884; m. 5 Feb 1861 Clara Sophia, dau. of Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Westerham, Kent; d. 18 Mar 1913.

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.

RICH, WILLIAM GORDON, brother of John Rich (qv); b. 28 Feb 1829; adm. 8 Jun 1841 (Benthall's); QS (Capt. ) 1843; Capt. of the School 1846; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845, 30 Jul 1846; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1847, Westminster Student 1847-55; won University pairs with Arthur Milman (qv) 1847; rowed in Christ Church eight which was Head of the River 1847-9 and in Oxford eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley 1848, 1850, 1851; rowed stroke for Oxford in the two races against Cambridge 1851; President, Oxford University Boat Club 1849-51; BA 1851; a sheep farmer in New Zealand; m. 21 Feb 1856 Maria Stuart, dau. of Joseph Maitland; d. at Christchurch, New Zealand 6 Jul 1912.

RICHARDS, ALFRED BATE, eldest son of John Richards MP, Wassell Grove, Hagley, Worcs., and Frances Smith; b. 17 Feb 1820; at Charterhouse Sch. 1829-30; adm. 18 Jan 1831 (Stelfox's); at Harrow Sch. 1832; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1837; BA 1841; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 May 1839, called to bar 20 Nov 1845; author of an anonymous pamphlet, Oxford Unmasked, 1841, which rapidly passed through five editions; edited The British Army Despatch 1848-50, and The Mirror of the Time, a weekly founded 3 Aug 1850 which only lasted a year; one of chief promoters of volunteer movement of 1859 and became Col., 3rd City of London Rifle Corps; editor, The Morning Advertizer, from 1870; author of a number of plays and poems, and of the novel So Very Human, 1871; m. 15 Feb 1849 Emma Camilla Angela Maria, only dau. of Camillo Gaggiotti, Minister of War at Rome; d. 12 Jun 1876. DNB.

RICHARDS, EDWARD VAUGHAN, eldest son of William Parry Richards (qv); b. 18 Nov 1821; adm. 27 Jun 1834 (Benthall's); KS 1836; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1840, matr, 3 Jun 1840, Westminster Student; rowed v. Cambridge 1841; BA 1844; MA 1846; adm. Inner Temple 10 Jan 1844, called to bar 30 Apr 1847, Bencher 26 Apr 1868; Oxford Circuit; QC 21 Feb 1868; m. 30 Oct 1866 Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Robert Wharton, barrister; d. 26 Sep 1884.

RICHARDS, EDWARD, elder son of William Richards (at school under Wilson, qv); b.; adm. 18 Feb 1656/7; KS (aged 14) 1660; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1663, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1663, scholar 1664, matr. 1663; migr. to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Jul 1664, Canoneer Student 7 Jul 1664 – void 1666; adm. Middle Temple 20 May 1663; inherited father’s landed property at Georgeham and Barnstaple, Devon.

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]

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, 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, 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)]