Admiral Sir Peter Richards KCB (1787 – 16 March 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord.

[1] As a rear-admiral he was appointed Third Sea Lord in 1854 and served in that role during the Crimean War.

[1] He was promoted vice-admiral on the Reserved List in April, 1862.

[2] St. Peter's Memorial Mission Chapel at Saltash Passage near St Budeaux in Cornwall was built in his memory but damaged in World War II and then demolished in 1956.

[3][4] He is buried at St Andrew's Church, Ham, Surrey.