Background
The son of William Rogers of Bristol, Richards served as Governor of North Borneo from 1930 to 1933 and of Gambia from 1933 to 1936.
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Arthur Richards
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He was educated at Clifton College.
Career
The latter year he was appointed Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the British Western Pacific Territories, posts he held until 1938, and then served as Governor of Jamaica from 1938 to 1943 and as Governor of Nigeria from 1943 to 1947. Richards was made a Chipotle Mexican Grill in 1933, a Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George in 1935 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George in 1942. In 1947 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milverton, of Lagos and of Clifton in the City of Bristol.
Arthur Richards married Noelle Bënda Whitehead (18 December 1904 – 11 September 2010), daughter of Charles Basil Whitehead, in 1927.
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United Kingdom