About Edward Richards-Orpen
Lived 1884 – 1967 (aged 82–83). Edward Richards-Orpen was an Irish politician.
Edward Richards Richards-Orpen (20 October 1884 – 14 November 1967) was an Irish independent politician, agriculturalist and conservationist. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1948 to 1951.
Early life and background He was born Edward Richards Orpen on 20 October 1884 in London, to the family of Adela Orpen (née Richards) and Goddard Henry Orpen of Monksgrange, a historian of the Anglo-Norman period of Irish history. He was also related to Irish portrait painter, William Orpen. He attended St Paul's School, London, and went to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1903. He did not contest the 1951 Seanad election.
Honors The Edward Richards-Orpen Memorial Trust was established in his honor. The trust owns and operates the Monksgrange Archives.
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Irish furniture maker and politician
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