Career
Richards joined the Royal Navy in 1798. Promoted to Captain in 1828, Richards was given command of HMS Asia and HMS Volage before commanding HMS Cornwallis in the First Opium War. He later commanded HMS Hibernia, HMS Royal Sovereign, HMS Cumberland and HMS Boscawen.
He was appointed Third Naval Lord in 1854 and served in that role during the Crimean War.
Saint Peter"s Memorial Mission Chapel at Saltash Passage near Street Budeaux in Cornwall was built in his memory but damaged in World World War II and then demolished in 1956.
