The son of John Wordsworth and the elder brother of the poet William Wordsworth; he was a London attorney.

REFERENCES TO Richard Wordsworth:

Charles Lamb to Dorothy Wordsworth, 2 June 1804 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth, 1 February 1806 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)