Royal Naval Biography/Richards, Henry Lord
HENRY LORD RICHARDS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained his first commission on the 12th Nov. 1809; and lost the Fearless gun-brig, near Cadiz, in 1812. He subsequently served under Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, in the Penelope troop-ship and Galatea frigate. His advancement to the rank of commander took place Aug. 20th, 1828.
This officer married Miss E. Worth, of Plymouth. His two youngest children (a boy aged six years, and a girl only four) died of malignant scarlet fever, in July 1834. His brother, John, is a purser in the royal navy.