Mayor of Lambeth 1903-04 A solicitor, he was later convicted of fraud and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. Son of late Rev. T W Richards, vicar of Leighton Buzzard, solicitor in London since 1881, elected to Lambeth Vestry in 1894, member of Metropolitan Water Board. Conservative."Leighton Buzzard".Luton Times and Advertiser. 13 November 1903.