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Richard Skeffington Welch (December 14, 1929 – December 23, 1975) was a career Central Intelligence Agency officer. He was the Chief of Station (COS) in Athens, Greece, when he was assassinated by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N).
He was survived by his wife (who was unharmed in the attack) and his three children: a daughter and two sons. Dick was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Cross and, at President Gerald Ford’s order, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Biography. Awarded part of the compensation for the enslaved people on the Hyde estate in St Thomas-in-the-Vale Jamaica with her husband Sir William Lewis George Thomas and her sister and brother-in-law, Jane and Robert Lewis Fitzgerald (all of whom q.v.). Elizabeth Lucretia Welch married William Lewis George Thomas at Melcombe Regis 28/05/1801.
Richard Welch was never charged with his alleged involvement in the sisters' abduction and murder due to a lack of corroborating evidence; his wife, Patricia, was charged with perjury in December 2014 for knowingly providing false information to investigators and encouraging a conspiracy of silence within her family pertaining to the case.
Jun 2, 2016 · In his will made in 1781 Richard Welch senior left £3000 of the bonds give him by Richard Brissett for the Georgia estate to his wife, with the remainder to his children.
Other Relationships of Richard Welch senior: ... Father-in-law → Daughter-in-law. Alice Anne Welch (née Preston) ... Wife → Husband
Jul 19, 2009 · Richard is survived by his loving wife, Gesine; his son Colin and Daughter-in-law, Karen; his son Jason and daughter-in-law Susan; his grandchildren, Brennan and Bethany; and his extended family in Australia.
