Rev the 2nd Baron Milverton 1930-2023

Rev. The 2nd Baron Milverton died at Helensburgh, 10 August, 2023. He was 93.

Lord Milverton was ordained Deacon 1957, Priest 1958;  Curate, St George's Beckenham, Kent, 1957-59;  Assistant Priest, St John the Baptist, Sevenoaks, 1959-60;  Curate and Assistant Priest, St Nicholas, Great Bookham, Surrey, 1960-63;  Vicar of Okewood with Forest Green, Surrey, 1963-67;  Rector, Christian Malford with Sutton Benger and Tytherton Kellaways, Wiltshire, 1967-93, &c.

Fraser Arthur Richard Richards was born 21 July, 1930, son of the 1st Baron Milverton, GCMG (1885-1978), and his wife the former Noelle Brenda Whitehead (1905-2010); and succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 27 Oct, 1978.

His father, Arthur Frederick Richards entered the Malaysian Civil Service 1908; Acting First Assistant Colony Secretary, Straits Settlement 1921; Acting Under-Secretary, Federation of Malay States 1926; Under-Secretary, Federation of Malay States 1927-29; Acting General Adviser, Sultanate of Johore 1929-30; Governor of North Borneo 1930-33;  CMG 1933; Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Gambia 1933-36;  KCMG 1935; Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fiji and High Commissioner, Western Pacific 1936-38;  Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of Jamaica 1938-43;  GCMG 1942; Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria 1943-47; KStJ, &c. He was raised to the peerage, 10 Oct, 1947, as Baron Milverton, of Lagos and of Clifton in the City of Bristol.

The 2nd Baron married 10 Aug, 1957, Mary Dorothy Fly (1931-2020), daughter of Leslie Aubrey Fly, of Corsham, co Wiltshire, and his wife the former (Alice) Dorothy Wheeler (1899-1980), by whom he had two daughters, the Hon Susan Mary Richards (born 23 Jan, 1962), and the Hon Juliet Elisabeth Richards (born 8 Nov, 1964). 

The peerage now passes to his younger brother, the Hon Michael Hugh Richards (who was born 1 August, 1936). The 3rd Baron is married with a son.

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