Richards 29.7.1798 at H Tooke's / 10.11.1802 call on Richards, 5, Brownlow St / 10.10.1806 at Fox's funeral / 23.3.1807 at Joseph Johnson's, Purser's Cross / 17.11.1809 call on Richards / 11.6.1814 again / 3.10.1814 again / 15.9.1815 again / 23.9.1819 call on T Rodd, chez Richards / 6.10.1823 at Bacon's / 15.5.1824 again / 26.12.1827 call on Dr Richards / 10.1.1828 Dr Richards calls (not in)
George Richards DNB 1767-1837 may well have been the Dr Richards of 1827/8 when he was rector of St Martins in the Fields and active in Literary Funds. He didn't get his doctorate until 1820 so may also have been some of the earlier entries, particularly the 1807 entry at Johnson's. Nothing in his DNB article suggests radical or even Whig politics, so the Richards at Tooke's in 1798 and at Fox's funeral in 1806 may have been John Richards gunmaker of the Strand where he was in business over 40 years and who voted Townshend 1788, Fox 1790, subscribed to help the French 1792, voted Tooke 1796, Fox & Graham 1802 & Burdett 1818. See also my entry on this website for Richards, John which also mentions his cousin Rev. Charles Richards schoolmaster, either of them might have been at Tooke's or at Fox's funeral. I have found no Richards at 5 Brownlow Street, but the Richards called on from 1802 to 1819 may have been in the book trade, particularly as Godwin called on Thomas Rodd DNB 1763-1822 (a bookseller of Gt Newport St he frequently called on) chez Richards in 1819. There was a John Richards stationer in St Martins Court in 1819 and Matthew Richards stationer at Wych St, Temple Bar trading as Richards Watt & Evans 1800-1819.