Richard Meredyth Richards (18 January 1821 – 4 November 1873)William Llewelyn Davies (1959
RICHARDS family of Coed
at the Dictionary of Welsh Biographies. was a Welsh barrister. He was a

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, and high sheriff for the county of

Merionethshire , HQ= Dolgellau , Government= Merionethshire County Council (1889-1974) , Origin= , Status= , Start= 1284 , End= , Code= MER , CodeName= ...

Life

He was the son of Richard Richards (1787–1860), and matriculated at

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in 1838, graduating B.A. in 1842 and M.A. in 1845. He was

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at the

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in 1846. He married Louisa Janette Anne Edwards (died 1899), daughter of Edward Lloyd Edward whose family owned Cerrig Llwydion Hall in Denbighshire. After his death she married the Rev Charles Tooth founder of

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in 1894 and commissioned the Arts and Crafts

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in Tooth's memory.

References

1821 births 1873 deaths Welsh justices of the peace High Sheriffs of Merionethshire 19th-century Welsh lawyers Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple {{Wales-bio-stub