Richards, Richard, 1787-1860

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Richards, Richard, 1787-1860

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1787-1860

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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.

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Richards, Richard Meredyth, 1821-1873 (1821-1873)

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GB-2014-WSA-14668

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Richards, Richard Meredyth, 1821-1873

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Richards, Richard, 1787-1860

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GB-2014-WSA-14669

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GB 2014

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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