he had lived Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694–1753), instrumental in the revival of Palladian architecture Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797–1861), noted for squandering his great wealth Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823–1889), British soldier, politician and administrator Prince Richard von Metternich (1829–1895), Austrian diplomat Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1934), German-Swedish aristocrat and landowner, husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944), British royal Religious figures Saint Richard (disambiguation), several saints Richard Baxter (1615–1691), English Puritan church leader, poet and hymn-writer Richard of Dover (died 1184), Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Canterbury Richard Foxe (c. 1448 – 1528), Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, Lord Privy Seal, and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Richard Furman (1755–1825), American Baptist leader, first president of the Triennial Convention, the first nationwide Baptist association Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads (1467–1531), Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1511 to 1531 Richard of Poitiers (died c. 1174), French monk, author of historical works, treatises and poems Richard Poore (died 1237), Bishop of Salisbury and Durham, who helped found Salisbury Cathedral in its present location Richard Swinefield (died 1317), Bishop of Hereford In politics and government Richard Acland (1906–1990), one of the founders of the British Common Wealth Party and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Richard B. Adkisson (1932–2011), chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Richard Aluwihare (1895–1976), Sri Lankan diplomat Dick Armey (born 1940), American politician, member US House of Representatives from Texas (1985–2003) Richard Armitage (politician) (born 1945), American government official, Deputy Secretary of State (2001–2005) Richard Arrington Jr. (born 1934), first African-American mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama R. B. Bennett (1870–1947), Canadian politician, Prime Minister of Canada (1930–1935) Richard Blumenthal (born 1946), American politician, US Senator from Connecticut (2010–present) Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington (1612–1698), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a cavalier Richard Leslie Brohier (1892–1980), Sri Lankan Burgher land surveyor and author Richard Burr (born 1955), American politician, US Senator from North Carolina (2005–present) Dick Cheney (born 1941), American politician, Congressman from Wyoming (1979–1989), Secretary of Defense (1989–1993) and Vice President (2001–2009) Dick Clark (senator) (born 1928), American politician, US Senator from Iowa (1973–1979) Richard Court (born 1947), Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (1993–2001) Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), American politician, Mayor of