Richards was also a very active "high church" member of the Church of England. He was appointed chairman of the City Branch of the Church Defence Institution in 1877 and three years later formed the City Church and Churchyard Preservation Society.[2][3]
henry, charles, richards, april, 1851, june, 1905, british, barrister, conservative, party, politician, richards, 1895, frederick, richards, leonards, sussex, educated, city, london, school, proprietary, school, gravesend, entered, employment, clerk, firm, mun. Henry Charles Richards 10 April 1851 1 June 1905 was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician Richards in 1895 The son of Frederick Richards JP of Ore and St Leonards on Sea Sussex 1 2 3 He was educated at the City of London School and the Proprietary School Gravesend 2 He entered employment as a clerk for the firm of Munt Brown and Co hat and bonnet makers in the City of London 2 3 After fifteen years he was awarded the Bacon Scholarship to study law at Gray s Inn in 1879 He was called to the bar in 1881 3 2 He worked as counsel for the Postmaster General and for the London County Council 2 3 In 1898 he took silk to become a Queen s Counsel 3 2 From 1882 to 1885 he was one of the City s representatives on the London School Board 4 He was elected a bencher of Gray s Inn and was treasurer in the year before his death 2 Active in Conservative politics he unsuccessfully attempted to win a seat for the party at Northampton in 1885 1886 1892 2 3 At the 1895 general election he contested the London constituency of Finsbury East He won the seat defeating the sitting Liberal Member of Parliament James Rowlands He was seen as representing his largely working class constituents effectively and was re elected in 1900 with an increased majority 2 Richards was also a very active high church member of the Church of England He was appointed chairman of the City Branch of the Church Defence Institution in 1877 and three years later formed the City Church and Churchyard Preservation Society 2 3 He inherited his father s home Caerhages West Hill St Leonards on Sea 2 In 1901 he paid for the erection of a stone cross in Hastings to mark the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra 1 Richards died in a London nursing home of heart disease in June 1905 aged 54 2 References edit a b News Hastings Mail 3 June 1905 a b c d e f g h i j k l Obituary Mr H C Richards K C M P The Times 2 June 1905 p 12 a b c d e f g RICHARDS Henry Charles Who Was Who Oxford University Press Retrieved 3 September 2012 The London School Board Election The Daily News 28 November 1882 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Mr Henry RichardsParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byJames Rowlands Member of Parliament for Finsbury East1895 1905 Succeeded byJoseph Allen Baker Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Charles Richards amp oldid 1058414677, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
