# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-richards
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:20:57.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-richards"
name: "Francis Richards"
slug: "francis-richards"
description: "Sir Francis Neville Richards is a former British civil servant and diplomat who was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar from 2003 to 2006, and the director of the Government Communications Headquarters from 1998 to 2003."
tagline: "Governor of Gibraltar, former Director of GCHQ"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_of_Gibraltar_Sir_Francis_Richards_-_2005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.17
  momentum:             3.782685124148539
  historical:           7.408676
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Ричардс, Фрэнсис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "فرنسيس ريتشاردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "فرنسيس ريتشاردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Richards_(Gouverneur)"
    title: "Francis Richards (Gouverneur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Richards_(diplomat)"
    title: "Francis Richards (diplomat)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Richards"
    title: "Francis Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Richards"
    title: "Francis Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Richards"
    title: "Francis Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711639"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump