| Authorised form of name | Richards; Sir; George Henry (1820 - 1896) |
| Dates | 1820 - 1896 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Antony, Cornwall, England |
| Date of birth | 13 January 1820 |
| Place of death | Bath, Somerset |
| Date of death | 14 November 1896 |
| Activity | Career:
Entered the Royal Navy on board HMS Rhadamanthus (1833); midshipman in expedition to the West Indies (1835); served in the first Chinese War; Lieutenant (1842); employed on the survey of New Zealand, then returned to England (1852); volunteered for the continuing search for Franklin; Captain (1854); employed to survey Vancouver Island (1856-1863), returning via the Western Pacific and Australia, thus completing his third circumnavigation of the globe; Hydrographer to the Admiralty (for 10 years); Rear Admiral (1870); retired (1876); Vice Admiral (1877); Admiral (1884); Managing Director, Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (for 20 years, until his death); suffered from sciatica
Honours:
CB 1871; Kt 1877; KCB 1886
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1866 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1868-1870, 1872-1873, 1876-1877, 1886-1888 |
| Relationships | Parents: Captain G S Richards RN |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP)
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1896-1897 vol 60 pp xxxii-xxxv signed by W J L W |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/39693396 |
| Royal Society code | NA6282 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| NLB/1/310 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Evans, also sent to Dr Geikie, Sir George Henry Richards, and Reverend Professor Bartholomew Price | 10 December 1886 |
| NLB/3/338 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir George Henry Richards, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 May 1889 |
| NLB/13/749 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 17 November 1896 |
| NLB/5/305 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 7 May 1891 |
| NLB/8/1132 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Admiral Sir George Henry Richards, Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 March 1894 |
| NLB/11/963 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Admiral Sir George Henry Richards, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 November 1895 |
| RR/6/116 | Referee's report by George Henry Richards, on a paper 'On the amount and changes of the polar magnetism at certain positions in Her Majesty's iron-built and armour-plated ship 'Northumberland'' by Frederick John Evans | 22 May 1868 |
| MS/257/3/334 | Letter from George Henry Richards, Admiralty to Edward Sabine | 26 December 1866 |
| MS/427/110 | Copy letter from [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of the H. M. Treasury | 17 June 1881 |
| MS/257/3/335 | Letter from George Henry Richards, Admiralty to Edward Sabine | 24 March [1820-1896] |
| EC/1866/11 | Richards, Sir George Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/9/877 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to W Graham Greene, Admiralty, Whitstable | 24 July 1894 |
| RR/6/261 | Referee's report by George Henry Richards, on a paper 'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism.—No. XI' by Edward Sabine | 16 July 1868 |
| RR/10/115 | Referee's report by George Henry Richards, on a paper 'On Meldrum’s rules for handling ships in the Southern Indian Ocean' by Ralph Abercromby | 21 June 1888 |
| PT/68/11 | Letter, requesting tidal observations from Port Leopold from [George] Henry Richards to Walter White | 27 April 1869 |
| MC/9/300 | Letter from G [George] Henry Richards, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, Whitehall, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 27 December 1871 |
| MC/9/378 | Letter from Geo [George] Henry Richards to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 22 May 1872 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/11/38 | Letter from [the Meteorological Committee], Meteorological Office, 116 Victoria Street, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society and to the Council | 31 March 1877 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| AP/52/2 | Unpublished paper, 'On deep sea thermometers' by J E [John Edward] Davis | 17 December 1869 |
| AP/52/2/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On deep sea thermometers' by J E [John Edward] Davis | 17 December 1869 |
| MS/257/3/336 | Letter from George Henry Richards, Admiralty to Edward Sabine | 31 December [1820-1896] |