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 RICHARDSON, GEORGE LLOYD REILLY (1847–)

Maj-General : entered the Army, 1866, and became Lt-Colonel, 1896 : served in Afghan war, 1878–80, Brevet-Major : Egyptian war, 1882, Tel-el-Kebir, severely wounded : in the Zhob Field Force as CO., 18th Bengal Lancers, 1890 : N.W. Frontier campaign, 1897–8 : China expedition, commanding Cavalry Brigade, 1900 : commanding second-class District, India : C.B. : C.I.E. : C.S.I.

RICHARDSON, JOHN (1741–1811?)

Son of George Richardson : born 1741 : educated at Wadham College, Oxford : joined the Middle Temple : his principal work was his Dictionary of Persian, Arabic and English, 1777, which was based on Meninski's Oriental Thesaurus, printed at Vienna in 1680, and has been several times re-edited and re-issued. He wrote also an Arabic grammar, and edited Persian poetry : was F.S.A. : died about 1811.

RICHEY, SIR JAMES BELLETT (1834–1902)

I.C.S. : son of Rev. James Richey : educated at Exeter College, Oxford : entered the Bombay Civil Service, 1856 : became Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, 1885 : Member of Council, Bombay, 1886–901 C.S.I., 1878 : K.C.I.E., 1890 : died June 27, 1902.

RICKETTS, GEORGE HENRY MILDMAY (1827–)

I.C.S. : son of Su: H. Ricketts, K.C.S.I. (q.v.): born June 20, 1827 : educated at Winchester and Haileybury : began his service in Bengal in 1847 : went to the Panjab in 1853 : in the mutiny was Deputy Commissioner of Ludiana, and with 2 guns and a small force of the 4th Sikhs, in June, 1857, fought a body of mutineers from Jalandhar at the crossing of the Satlaj near Philour : this was one of the first occasions on which the mutineers were met successfully. C.B. for his mutiny services : Member of the Board of Revenue, N.W. P. : retired, 1879.

RICKETTS, SIR HENRY (1802–1886)

I.C.S. : son of George William Ricketts : born March 25, 1802 : educated at Winchester and Haileybury : went out to Bengal in the Civil Service, 1821 : served in Orissa between 1827–38 : conducted the resettlement of the Division, which suffered from two cyclones in 1831 and 1832 : Commissioner in 1836 : quelled disturbances in the Tributary States : cooperated in suppressing the Khonds in Gumsur, and stopping human sacrifices : resettled the Chittagong Division, 1841–8 : Member of the Board of Revenue, 1849–56: Provisional Member of Council, 1854, but in 1857 he urged the appointment of Outram : was Member of Supreme Council, 1858–60 : declined the Chief Commissionership of Central Provinces and Lieutenant-Governorship of the N.W. P. : was Commissioner for the revision of Civil Salaries and Estab-lishments in India, 1856–58 : retired, 1860 : K.C.S.I., 1866 : died Feb. 25, 1886.

RICKETTS, JOHN WILLIAM (1791–1835)

Son of Ensign John Ricketts, of the Bengal Engineers (killed at Seringa-patam, 1792); educated at the Military Orphanage at Kidderpur. Calcutta; went to Bencoolen in the E. I. Co.'s service; afterwards employed in a Government office in Calcutta. In 1823 he founded the Doveton College, in Calcutta, for the education of East Indians. In 1829–30 he was deputed to England, on behalf of the East Indians, to petition Parliament for the redress of their grievances : was examined before Select Committees of both Houses on Indian affairs. He was finally Sub-Judge of Gaya, and died there, July 28, 1835. For his labours for the community, he was called the "East Indian Patriot."

RICKMERS, CHRISTIAN MABEL (1866–)

Daughter of William Pirie Duff, merchant in Calcutta, and granddaughter of Dr. Alexander Duff (q.v.) : born Dec 7, 1866 : educated at London and Berlin : travelled in Bokhara, 1898, and the Caucasus, 1900 : translated Deussen's Elemenie der Metaphysik into English, 1894 : wrote The Chronology of India, 1899.