Barrister of Lincoln's Inn, a cousin and correspondent of Francis Hodgson. He contributed an article on Greek literature to the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana.

REFERENCES TO Richard Whitcombe:

John Whishaw to Charles and Henry Romilly, 27 July 1833 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)