𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙣 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝘿𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝟏𝟔𝟏 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙜𝙤

 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙣 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝘿𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝟏𝟔𝟏 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙜𝙤

𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟑, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭.

Edward Griffith Richards was born in 1826, in Stapleton, Gloucestershire, to Henry Richards and Caroline Daubeny. In 1841, the family lived at Parsonage House, Horfield, Gloucestershire, where his father was a clerk. The family had three servants.

The family lived at the same address in 1851, and his father was listed as curate of parish church. Edwards occupation is listed as "M.A grad Oxford University". 

On the 11th of October 1855, he married Charlotte Emilie Silliery "Oct. 11, at Bath, Ford Bath, by the Rev. Robert Williams, M.A., Vicar of Aston-Itowant, Oxfordshire, Uncle of the Bride, assisted by the Rev. Henry Richards, B.D. Incumbent of Horfield, Gloucestershire, father of the Bridegroom, Edward Griffith Richards, Esq., Captain in the 2nd Somerset Regiment of Militia, to Charlotto Emilie, second daughter of 'Robert Sillery, Esq., M.D., of Charlton Lodge, Dover, Kent."

 

As seen above, Edward was in the 2nd Somerset Regiment which had been revived in 1852. The regiment spent time in Ireland but never saw action in the Crimean War. By the time of the 1861 census, Edward's occupation was listed as "Late captain in the militia. Justice of Peace for county of Somerset". 

The family lived at Langford House, Langford, Somerset, a large property and gardens built in 1826 by John Fisher. It was here they had their six children, Francis in 1857, Mary in 1858, Henry in 1859, Helena in 1860, Edith in 1862, and Edward in 1863. 

Tragedy struck the family as Edward passed away on the 16th of December 1863, aged 37. The only information in his death appeared in the Gloucester Journal "Richards—December 16, at Weston-super-Mare, Edward Griffith Richards Esq., J.P., of Langford House, in the county of Somerset, aged 37 years."