He trained as a teacher in Georgetown, and in 1930, at the age of 21, he joined his sister Pearl in Bermuda, where he taught mathematics, Latin and games at the Berkeley Institute.
[4] He also worked as associate editor of the Bermuda Recorder, and on its pages made known his opposition to segregation.
[4] While studying in London, he assisted Dr. E. F. Gordon to present a celebrated petition from the Bermuda Workers' Association to the British Colonial Secretary in 1946.
Sir Edward Richards retired from politics on 29 December 1975, and from law practice in 1986, at the age of 78.
His elder daughter is circuit judge Patricia Dangor,[10] who now lives in London, England, with her children and grandchildren.