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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, HERBERT, son of Very Rev. John Richardson DD, Dean of Hereford, and his first wife; b. c. 1615 (aged 19 in 1634); adm.; KS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses to Charles I written by the KSS on the birth of the Duke of York (British Library, Royal MSS); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 10 Jun 1635, aged 18, matr. Easter 1635; MA [check] 1635/6; lic. to m. 6 Nov 1634 Catherine, dau. of John Mitchell, St. Margaret, Westminster.

RICHARDSON, JOHN, son of Thomas Richardson, a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and Melior, sister of Lieut. -Col. James Gower; bapt. Westminster Abbey 8 May 1671; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Jun 1688, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1688 – void 1705; BA 1692; MA 13 Mar 1694/5; accused of fathering a bastard and of beating Christ Church porter 24 Dec 1701; BM and DM 1702 [check]; buried Chiswick, Middlesex 27 Mar 1711.

RICHMOND, ROBERT, second son of Henry Richmond, John Street, Bedford Row, London, and Harriet, dau. of John Billings; b.; adm. Christmas 1812; KS (aged 13) 1813; left 1814; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Mar 1817, called to bar 7 Feb 1823; special pleader; Northern Circuit; m. 1832 Jane, second dau. of Rev. Hosea Guinness LLD, Chancellor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin; d. 14 Oct 1887.