William Henry Richards JP (26 June 1833 – 22 September 1912) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
The son of The Reverend William Richards, he was born in June 1833 at Keevil, Wiltshire.
[1] After graduating from Cambridge, Richards took holy orders in the Anglican Church in 1856, when he was ordained as a deacon at Ripon Cathedral.
His first ecclesiastical post was as curate of Bishop Thornton in North Yorkshire from 1856 to 1862, before being appointed vicar of Grays from 1862 to 1872.
[1] He remained on the island in his retirement where he was resident at Westridge, where he died in September 1912 after a short illness.