RICE, VINCENT, son of Rev. David Rice, Vicar of Ambleston, Pembrokeshire, and Jane --- (IGI); b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1695; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1699, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1699, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1700, matr. 1699/1700; BA 1702/3; ordained deacon (Ely) 20 Sep 1702, priest (Lincoln) 23 May 1703; Rector of Fretherne, Gloucs., from 21 Dec 1720; an interesting letter from Rice’s father in reference to the conduct of the election of 1699 is preserved at Trinity Coll. Cambridge (printed Elizabethan iii, 101); buried Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucs., 25 Nov 1734.

Rich, John Edmund, son of Edmund Milton Rich CBE FRSA, Education Officer LCC, of Beckenham, Kent, and Louisa Anne Rich JP, d. of Augustus Grone, shipping merchant, of Dunlaoghaire, Eire; b. 9 Oct. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (KS); left July 1931; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. 193I, BA 1935, MA 1939; man. trainee LNER 1935-9; joined BBC 1939; RE 1940-6 (Lieut.-Col.); organiser BBC TV Children's Programme 1952-63, Family Programme 1963-5, Further Education 1965-72, retd 1972; MBE 1963; consult. BBC Enterprises 1972-6; admin. officer Internat. Broadcasting Inst. and Internat. Inst. of Communications 1976-8; m. 25 Sept. 1963 Judith Barbara Shephard, d. of Maurice Owen Willmore, HM Newport GS, Essex; 29 Nov. 2000.

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, 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, 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, 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)]

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.