He was a justice of the peace, and high sheriff for the county of Merionethshire.
[2] He was the son of Richard Richards (1787–1860), and matriculated at Merton College, Oxford in 1838, graduating B.A.
[1][3] He married Louisa Janette Anne Edwards (died 1899), daughter of Edward Lloyd Edward whose family owned Cerrig Llwydion Hall in Denbighshire.
[4] After his death she married the Rev Charles Tooth founder of St Mark's English Church, Florence in 1894[4] and commissioned the Arts and Crafts St Mark's Church, Brithdir in Tooth's memory.
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