He was a Chamberlain of King Alexander II of Scotland and Bishop of Dunkeld.
So instead of falling from a high-profile job into obscurity, Richard was elected to the diocese of Dunkeld sometime in the year 1250.
In 1262, Bishop Richard founded Whitefriars' monastery, Perth, the first friary of the Carmelite Order in Scotland.
In 1265 he used his own wealth to build a new choir in the church of Inchcolm Abbey (which was part of the diocese of Dunkeld), and the following year moved the bones of previous bishops of Dunkeld into the new choir.
Shortly after the Easter of 1168, along with the Bishop of Dunblane, he attended a church council in the English town of London, organized by the papal legate, Ottobone.