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, 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.

Richter, Thomas Frederick, son of Karl Richter LDS, of Hampstead, and Hermine Josefine, d. of Franz Berka of Vienna, Australia; b. 6 Oct. 1937; adm. Sept. 1951 (W), HS Sept. 1952; left Dec. 1955; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1958, BA 1962, MA 1968; S. G. Warburg & Co. 1961-8; merchant banking; dir. Kethrid Investments Ltd., T. F. Richter & Co. Ltd; d. 12 Sept. 2014.

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.

RICKARDS, WALTER GLENDINNING, son of Rev. Robert Francis Bute Rickards, Vicar of Constantine, Cornwall, and Rachel, youngest dau. of Joseph Heald, Wakefield, Yorks.; b. 2 Mar 1855; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); left May 1870; “cashier at brewery “ (1881 Census, then living at Streatham, Surrey); subsequently in business in Philippines; m.; d. at Manila, Philippines 29 Apr 1908.

RICKETTS, CHARLES MILNER, second son of George Poyntz Ricketts, Governor of Barbados, and Sophia, dau. of William Watts, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William; b. 21 Apr 1776; adm. 3 Apr 1788; KS 1790; Writer, EICS Bengal 1791; arrived in India 25 Jul 1792; Assistant to Resident, Rangpur 2 Nov 1792; Sub-Export Warehouse Keeper 1799; Secretary, Board of Trade, Salt and Opium Dept., 1804; Director, Bank of Bengal 18 Jan 1811; Private Secretary to Governor-Gen. 1813, 1817; Chief Secretary to Government 13 Oct 1815; Member, Supreme Council, and President, Board of Trade, 12 Dec 1817 – 23 Jan 1819, res.; MP Dartmouth 4 Jan 1820 – Mar 1822; FRS 23 Mar 1820; Consul-General, Lima 1827-9; m. 8 Mar 1800 Ellen Theresa, widow of Sackville Marcus Taylor, EICS Bengal, and dau. of Miles Prendergast, co. Galway; d. 7 Sep 1867.

RICKETTS, GILBERT TRISTRAM, eldest son of Gilbert Ricketts, Register, Supreme Court of Judicature, Madras, and Harriet Worsley, dau. of Adm. Sir Richard Rodney Bligh KCB, Belle Vue, Southampton; b. 1 May 1800; adm. 16 Jan 1815 (G); left Bartholomewtide 1815; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Mar 1819; BA 1823; MA 1827; ordained deacon 29 Aug 1824, priest 28 Aug 1825 (both Durham); m. Mary ---; d. at Tours, France 25 Apr 1874.

RICKMAN, WILLIAM CHARLES, only son of John Rickman, Clerk Assistant, House of Commons, and Susanna, dau. of Joseph Postlethwaite, Harting, Sussex; b. 12 Jan 1812; adm. 4 Jul 1825 (Stelfox's); left Dec 1828; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1829; BA 1835; civil engineer; living Empshott, Hampshire, in 1881, income from land and dividends (1881 Census); m. (by 1881) Isabella ---; killed in a carriage accident at Empshott, Hampshire 21 Jun 1886.

Rider, Frank Antony Gilligan, son of Frank Percy Rider, building contractor, of Sydenham, Kent, and Alice Kathleen, d. of William Austin Gilligan of Bognor Regis, Sussex; b. 1 Apr. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left July 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943; RAFVR 1945 (FO); man. dir. T. Rider & Son, building contractors, 1950-76, chmn. 1963; a fund-raising consult. 1978-; Master Tylers’ & Bricklayers’ Co. 1971, Clerk 1985-; hon. sec. Elizabethan Club 1970-9, chmn. 1986-8; chmn. Westminster Sch. Soc. 1988-2000; vice-pres. Surrey CCC 1978-; m. 15 Dec. 1955 Mary Hope, d. of Daniel Cottier Wilson CBE, partner George Steuart & Co, Colombo, Sri Lanka; d. 6 Mar. 2004.

RIDGE, THOMAS, son of Humphrey Ridge, Kilmeston, Hampshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Richard Bentley DD, Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm. (aged 14) Feb 1750/1 (Grant's) (see trial of John Ward for theft, Old Bailey Records Feb 1754); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 May 1754, aged 17, scholar 18 Apr 1755, matr. 1755; BA 1758; MA 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1759, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1761; of Kilmeston, Hampshire; m. 17 Apr 1767 (IGI) his cousin Mary, dau. of John Ridge, Portsea, Hampshire; d. 3 Feb 1801.