Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton

For the New Zealand politician, see Arthur Shapton Richards.

The Lord Milverton GCMG
15th Governor of North Borneo
In office 1930–1933
Monarch	George V
Preceded by	Sir John Humphreys
Succeeded by	Sir Douglas Jardine
16th Governor of Gambia
In office 12 April 1933 – 22 October 1936
Monarch	George V Edward VIII
Preceded by	Sir Herbert Palmer
Succeeded by	Sir Thomas Southorn
13th High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
In office 28 November 1936 – August 1938
Monarch	Edward VIII George VI
Preceded by	Sir Cecil Barton (acting)
Succeeded by	Sir Cecil Barton (acting)
14th Governor of Fiji
In office 28 November 1936 – August 1938
Monarch	George VI
Preceded by	Sir Cecil Barton (acting)
Succeeded by	Sir Cecil Barton (acting)
47th Governor of Jamaica
In office 19 August 1938 – July 1943
Monarch	George VI
Preceded by	Charles Campbell Woolley (acting)
Succeeded by	William Henry Flinn (acting)
5th Governor of Nigeria
In office 1943 – 5 February 1948
Monarch	George VI
Preceded by	Sir Bernard Bourdillon
Succeeded by	Sir John Macpherson
Personal details
Born	21 February 1885 Bedminister, Bristol, England
Died	Coz Green, Berkshire, England
Spouse(s)	Noelle Bënda Whitehead (m. 1927-1978; his death)

Arthur Frederick Richards, 1st Baron Milverton GCMG (21 February 1885 – 27 October 1978), was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Nigeria from 1943 to 1948.

The son of William Rogers of Bristol, Richards served as Governor of North Borneo from 1930-33 and of Gambia from 1933-36. He was educated at Clifton College. The latter year he was appointed Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the British Western Pacific Territories, posts he held until 1938, and then served as Governor of Jamaica from 1938-43, and as Governor of Nigeria from 1943-47.

Honours

He was made a CMG in 1933, elevated to KCMG in 1935, and again to GCMG in 1942. In 1947 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milverton, of Lagos and of Clifton in the City of Bristol.

Family

In 1927, Richards married Noelle Bënda Whitehead (18 December 1904 – 11 September 2010), daughter of Charles Basil Whitehead. He died in October 1978, aged 93, and was succeeded in the Barony by his eldest son Fraser Arthur Richard Richards.

References

Government offices
Preceded by John Lisseter Humphreys	Governor of North Borneo 1930–1933	Succeeded by Douglas James Jardine
Preceded by Herbert Richmond Palmer	Governor of The Gambia 1934–1936	Succeeded by Thomas Southorn
Preceded by Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher	High Commissioner for the Western Pacific 1936–1938	Succeeded by Sir Harry Charles Luke
	Governor of Fiji 1936–1938
Preceded by Charles Campbell Woolley, acting	Governor of Jamaica 1938–1943	Succeeded by William Henry Flinn, acting
Preceded by Bernard Henry Bourdillon	Governor of Nigeria 1943–1948	Succeeded by John Stuart Macpherson
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baron Milverton	Succeeded by Fraser Arthur Richard Richards