Sir Richard Richards [Stumpy Dick]

(1752-1823)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Richards, Richard, Sir, 1752-1823 NRA: Richards Sir Richard (1752-1823) Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer DNB: Richards, Sir Richard (1752-1823), judge LBT ID: RiRicha1823 VIAF ID: 2161897 LOC ID: no2003085597	B/BAP: 1752-11-05 DIED: 1823-11-11
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Welsh judge and personal friend of Lord Eldon; he presided over the treason trials of Jeremiah Brandreth and two of the Cato Street conspirators.
REFERENCES TO Sir Richard Richards [Stumpy Dick]: Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [January] 1819 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 13: The Sun Found 1: ¶ 31 Ch. 6: Wm Gifford Found 1: ¶ 6 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1819