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|honorific_prefix = Sir<br />
|name = Robert Daniel Richmond<br />
|honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]<br />
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|10|29|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Jamaica]]<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|05|01|1878|10|29|df=yes}}<br />
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|known_for = [[Conservator of Forests|Chief Conservator of Forests]] in [[India]]<br />
|occupation = Conservationist<br />
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'''Sir Robert Daniel Richmond''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE}} (29 October 1878 – 1 May 1948) was [[Conservator of Forests|Chief Conservator of Forests]] in [[India]] and played cricket for [[Jamaica]].<ref>Obituary in ''[[The Times]]'', ''Sir Daniel Richmond'', May 5, 1948, p.7</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-230999|title=Richmond, Sir (Robert) Daniel, (29 Oct. 1878–1 May 1948)|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2007|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U230999|isbn=978-0-19-954089-1}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Richmond was born on 29 October 1878, the son of J Richmond [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] [[Justice of the peace|JP]]. He was educated at [[Bedford Modern School]].<ref>''[[Bedford Modern School]] of the Black And Red'', A.G. Underwood 1981</ref><br />
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Richmond entered the [[Indian Forest Service]] in 1898. After training in England and Germany he joined the service in [[Madras]] (1901) becoming District Forest Officer (1903), Principal of the Madras Forest College (1913), and Assistant Inspector-General of Forests to the Government of India (1919–22).<ref name="auto"/> He became Conservator of Forests (1923), a Member of the Madras Legislative Council (1923), Chief Conservative of Forests Madras (1927) and retired from the [[Indian Forest Service]] in 1932. After retirement he was appointed to the Madras Public Service Commission becoming its Chairman (1935–40).<ref name="auto"/><br />
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Richmond was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1936 and a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1932.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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==International cricket==<br />
Richmond played [[Cricket]] for [[Jamaica]] (where he had been born) and became President of the [[Madras Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14433/14433.html|title=CA details|work=CricketArchive|access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Family life==<br />
In 1909 Richmond married Monica, daughter of Sir James Davy KCB. They had one son. Richmond died on 1 May 1948.<ref>''Who Was Who'', Published by A&C Black Limited, online edition</ref><br />
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