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John Baker Richards FSA (1776 – 21 November 1833) was an English banker who was Governor of the Bank of England from 1826 to 1828. He had been Deputy Governor from 1824 to 1826. He replaced Cornelius Buller as Governor and was succeeded by Samuel Drewe. [1]

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  1. Governors of the Bank of England. Archived 12 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 21 March 2016.