Constituency : Greenwich 1906-10
Richard took Greenwich from the Tories. He was helped by the intervention of an Independent Conservative in favour of Tariff Reform who pushed Lord Hugh Cecil, a free trader, into third place.
Richard was a surveyor's son from Kent. He was educated locally and became a solicitor. He became a progressive councillor in 1889. He supported the construction of the Blackwall Tunnel. He stood for Greenwich in 1900. He was mayor of the area in 1902-03.
Richard was defeated in January 1910 and went back to his legal practice.
He died in 1938 aged 88.
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