Henry Richard was a Congregational minister and Welsh Member of Parliament between 1868–1888. Richard was an advocate of peace and international arbitration, as secretary of the Peace Society for forty years (1848–1884). His other interests included anti-slavery work.
Portrait of Henry Richard in 1870
Portrait of Henry Richard in 1877
Statue of Henry Richard in Tregaron by Albert Toft
"Peace". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1880
Tregaron is an ancient market town in Ceredigion, Wales. It is sited astride the River Brenig, a tributary of the River Teifi, and is 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Lampeter. According to the 2011 Census, the population of the ward of Tregaron was 1,213 and 67% of the population could speak Welsh; Tregaron is a community covering 33 square miles (85 km2); two-thirds of the population were born in Wales.
Henry Richard's statue and the memorial hall in Market Square
The Talbot Hotel
St Caron's church
The Desert of Wales seen from Drygarn Fawr, a wild area north of Tregaron