Richardson, Denis John Arthur; b. Sept. 8, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left Dec. 1905; a schoolmaster; assumed the surname of Richardson only in lieu of Richardson-Kuhlmann Sept. 19, 1914; Gunner R.G.A. July 29, 1917; d. 1952.

Richardson, Frederick Fales, brother of Albert Butler Richardson (qv); b. 2 Aug. 1918; adm. May 1932 (R); left July 1936; Princeton Univ.; Esso Standard Oil Co. Bombay; m. 11 Dec. 1947 Piloo Rustem, d. of Rustem Khaikhusru Albless of Bombay; d. 9 July 1983.

RICHARDSON, HERBERT, son of Very Rev. John Richardson DD, Dean of Hereford, and his first wife; b. c. 1615 (aged 19 in 1634); adm.; KS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses to Charles I written by the KSS on the birth of the Duke of York (British Library, Royal MSS); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 10 Jun 1635, aged 18, matr. Easter 1635; MA [check] 1635/6; lic. to m. 6 Nov 1634 Catherine, dau. of John Mitchell, St. Margaret, Westminster.

RICHARDSON, JOHN, son of Thomas Richardson, a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and Melior, sister of Lieut. -Col. James Gower; bapt. Westminster Abbey 8 May 1671; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Jun 1688, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1688 – void 1705; BA 1692; MA 13 Mar 1694/5; accused of fathering a bastard and of beating Christ Church porter 24 Dec 1701; BM and DM 1702 [check]; buried Chiswick, Middlesex 27 Mar 1711.

Richardson, Philip Arthur, son of Group Capt. Arthur James Richardson RAF and Dorothy, d. of Luther Norman of Stansted, Essex; b. 24 June 1928; adm. Sept. 1945 (B); left July 1946; d. Apr. 1995.

RICHARDSON, ROBERT, only son of William Richardson (b. 1698, qv); bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London Apr 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jun 1743 (Watts'); left 1745; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 Sep 1745; 14th Wrangler 1749/50; BA 1749/50; MA 1753 (incorp. Oxford 3 Jul 1754); DD 1766; Fellow, Emmanuel Coll. 1755; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1754, priest 25 May 1755 (both Lincoln); Chaplain to Sir Joseph Yorke, British Minister at The Hague; Rector of Wallington, Herts., from 1759; Prebendary of Lincoln from 12 Mar 1760; Rector of Adstock, Bucks., 1771 (disp. to hold with Wallington); Rector of All Hallows the Great, London 1 Nov 1776-8; Rector of St. Anne’s, Soho, from 13 Aug 1778; FRS 25 Feb 1779; FSA 6 May 1779; drew up a précis of the documents in the Douglas peerage case, printed for distribution and put into the hands of counsel; d. 27 Sep 1781. DNB.

Richmond, Sir Maxwell, son of Robert R. Richmond, by Beatrice Bernadette, daughter of James Farrell, of Wanganin, New Zealand; b. Oct. 19, 1900; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left July 1918; Sub-Lieut. R.N. May 15, 1921; Lieut. Dec. 15, 1922; Lieut.-Cmdr. Dec. 15, 1930; Cmdr. June 30, 1936; Capt. Dec. 31, 1942; Rear-Admiral Jan. 8, 1952; Vice-Admiral Dec. 16, 1954; Assist. Chief of Supplies, Admiralty, 1946-8; Naval Liaison Officer, New Zealand, 1948-50; Naval Director, Joint Naval and R.A.F. Anti-Submarine School, London­derry, 1950-2; Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (Training) and Director of Naval Training 1952; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1940; D.S.O. for services in convoys to Murmansk July 30, 1942; Soviet Order of Red Banner Nov. 17, 1942; mentioned in despatches (Withdrawal from Dunkirk) L.G. Oct. 25, 1940, and (Advance in Franco-Italian Border) L.G. Aug. 8, 1945; C.B. Jan. 1, 1954; K.B.E. June 12, 1957; m. May 6, 1929, Jessie Messervy Campbell, daughter of James Joseph Craig, of Auckland, New Zealand; d. 15 May 1986.

RICHMOND, ROBERT, second son of Henry Richmond, John Street, Bedford Row, London, and Harriet, dau. of John Billings; b.; adm. Christmas 1812; KS (aged 13) 1813; left 1814; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Mar 1817, called to bar 7 Feb 1823; special pleader; Northern Circuit; m. 1832 Jane, second dau. of Rev. Hosea Guinness LLD, Chancellor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin; d. 14 Oct 1887.

Richmond, Robin Robert Athol Stephenson, son of William Stephenson Richmond FRCS, of Rustington, Sussex, and Barbara, d. of Hamilton Archibald of Chelsea; b. 21 Apr. 1912; adm. Jan. 1926 (R); left July 1929; a theatre organist and BBC producer; m. 1st 9 Nov. 1935 Richwarde Margaret Elizabeth, d. of S. E. A. Whiteway of Littlehampton, Sussex; 2nd Rénee Toussaint of Paris; d. 27 July 1998.

Richmond-Watson, Euan Owens, brother of Richmond Noel Richmond-Watson (qv); b. 1 Apr. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (G); left July 1935; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935; assumed additional surname Richmond; RAFVR 1940-5 (Wing Cdr); farmed in Sussex; m. 25 Nov. 1939 Hon. Gladys Gordon, d. of Thomas Siveright, 1st Baron Catto PC CBE; d. in Toronto 15 Apr. 1954.