Sir Edmund Richards | |
|---|---|
| Resident Commissioner of Basutoland | |
| In office March 1935 – August 1942 | |
| Preceded by | John Christian Ramsay Sturrock |
| Succeeded by | Charles Noble Arden-Clarke |
| Governor of Nyasaland | |
| In office 8 August 1942 – 27 March 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Mackenzie-Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 October 1889 |
| Died | 1955 |
| Nationality | British |
Sir Edmund Charles Smith Richards (1889–1955) was a British colonial administrator who was Resident Commissioner of Basutoland from 1935 to 1942 and Governor of Nyasaland from 1942 to 1947.