- Richardson Baronets
There have been five Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Richardson, one in the
Baronetage of Nova Scotia , one in theBaronetage of Ireland and three in theBaronetage of the United Kingdom .The Richardson Baronetcy, of Pencaithland in the County of Haddington, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on
13 November 1630 . For more information on this creation, seeStewart-Richardson Baronets .The Richardson Baronetcy, of Aughre in the County of Tyrone, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on
30 August 1787 . For more information on this creation, seeRichardson-Bunbury Baronets .The Richardson Baronetcy, of Yellow Woods in the Province of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on
26 January 1924 for Lewis Richardson. He was head of the firm of L. Richardson & Co, ofPort Elizabeth ,London ,New York andBoston .The Richardson Baronetcy, of Weybridge in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on
26 July 1929 for the sports shooter and Conservative politicianPhilip Richardson . The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1981.The Richardson Baronetcy, of Eccleshall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on
20 November 1963 for the prominent physician John Samuel Richardson. In 1979 he was created alife peer as Baron Richardson, of Lee in the County of Devon, in thePeerage of the United Kingdom . Both titles became extinct on his death in 2004.Richardson Baronets, of Pencaithland (1630)
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Stewart-Richardson Baronets Richardson Baronets, of Aughre (1787)
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Richardson-Bunbury Baronets Richardson Baronets, of Yellow Woods (1924)
*Sir Lewis Richardson, 1st Baronet (1873-1934)
*Sir Leslie Lewis Richardson, 2nd Baronet (1915-1985)
*Sir Anthony Lewis Richardson, 3rd Baronet (b. 1950)Richardson Baronets, of Weybridge (1929)
*Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, 1st Baronet (1865-1953)
*Sir William Wigham Richardson, 2nd Baronet (1893-1973)
*Sir George Wigham Richardson, 3rd Baronet (1895-1981)Richardson Baronets, of Eccleshall (1963)
*Sir John Samuel Richardson, 1st Baronet (1910-2004) (created a life peer as Baron Richardson in 1979)
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
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