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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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; b. ; adm. ; KS 1683.

RICHARDS, WILLIAM, son of Rev. John Richards, Rector of Kentisbury, Devon, and his second wife Barbara, only child of Philip Pyne, East Down, Devon; b.; adm.; KS 1669; m.; buried Kentisbury, Devon 19 Nov 1690. [Supplement suggests that he may alternatively have been William Richards, younger son of William Richards (at school under Wilson, qv), who under his father’s will inherited landed property at Kentisbury and Eastdowne, Devon].

RICHARDSON, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626.

Richardson, Albert Butler, son of Arthur Berry Richardson, chairman and pres. Chesebrough­ Ponds Inc., of New York, and Annah Parkman, d. of Albert Wheaton Butler, shipbuilder, of Rockland, Maine, USA; b. 5 Apr. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left July 1932; Andover Acad., Mass., 1932-5; Princeton Univ., AB 1939; USNR 1943-6 (Ltjg), served Atlantic and Pacific the­ atres; vice-pres. and dir. Chesebrough-Ponds Inc. 1946-73, retd 1973; m. Nov. 1949 Joan Alice, d. of Leon Edward Thompson, builder and land developer USA; d. 10 Mar. 1999.