# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-julian-richards-baron-richards-of-herstmonceux
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:36:27.518Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-julian-richards-baron-richards-of-herstmonceux"
name: "David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux"
slug: "david-julian-richards-baron-richards-of-herstmonceux"
description: "Field Marshal David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, is a retired senior British Army officer and Peer who was formerly the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces. He succeeded Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup in this role on 29 October 2010."
tagline: "British Army field marshal"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen._Sir_David_Richards_at_NATO_Summit_in_Chicago_May_20%2C_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1952-03-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "دیوید جولیان ریچاردز"
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    title: "David Richards"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump