Children of Philip and Rosa América Wigham Richardson

01. John Edward Colorado Richardson (Jack)

1892-02-18 b. Newcastle T. RD GRO index; Mary Spence Watson 'The Story of Our Lives from Year to Year', birthday book, made for Caroline Richardson
1892-04-23 bapt. Benwell, Northumberland "England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975," database, FamilySearch: 30 December 2014, John Edward Colorado Richardson, 23 Apr 1892; citing Benwell, Northumberland, reference item 4 p 135; FHL microfilm 1,469,114
1892-08-28 d. Kensington RD GRO index; Mary Spence Watson 'The Story of Our Lives from Year to Year'


02. Sir William Wigham Richardson, 2nd baronet, MBE, JP (Willie, Billy)

1893-06-12 b. Dulwich, London GRO index; parish register; TNA: RG 13/492 f179 p59; RG 15/00499 RD5 SD2 ED32 SN229
1893-07-16 of Elmwood, Townley Road, Dulwich; bapt. St Giles' Camberwell pc, Surrey parish register
1901 living at The Hawthornes, Half Moon Lane, Camberwell, London, with his family, a housemaid, a cook, and a nurse RG 13/492 f179 p59
1911 not found in census  
1912-09-15 student; arrived Quebec, Canada, aboard the Canada, bound for Montreal Canadian passenger lists
1918 departed Southampton for New York aboard the Olympic New York City passenger lists
1920-08-21 Captain, R.M. Army; on passenger manifest for the Royal Mail Steam Packet's Artilla, arriving London from Barbados, but the entry has been crossed out UK incoming passenger lists
  aide-de-camp to the Prince of Wales, where he met Elizabeth Elphinstone at Government House note by a godchild
1921 Q2 m. Katharine Elizabeth Elphinstone (1892–1945, b. Worthing, Sussex), in Hastings RD GRO index; RG 15/00499 RD5 SD2 ED32 SN229; ThePeerage, citing Burke's Peerage, 2003
1921-04-20

LOCAL WEDDINGS.

ELPHINSTONE—RICHARDSON.

An exceedingly pretty wedding took place at St. John's Church, Upper St. Leonards, on Wednesday afternoon in the presence of a large congregation of relatives and friends. The contracting parties were Miss Katharine Elizabeth Elphinstone, only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Elphinstone, grand-daughter of the late Sir Howard Elphinistone, Bart., and of the late Mr. Herbert M. Curteis, J.P., of Windmill Hill Place, and niece of Miss E.A. Curteis, of 3, The Lawn, St. Leonards, and Captain William Wigham Richardson, M.B.E., eldest son of Lieut.-Colonel P.W. Richardson, of Aldenholm, Weybridge.

The chancel had been tastefully decorated with palms, white tulips, narcissi, and anemones, while arum lilies and other white flowers adorned the altar. The service was conducted by the Rev. M.C. Elphinstone (uncle of the bride), assisted by the Rev. G. Eden King (Rector of S. John's, Upper St. Leonards).

The bride wore a beautiful gown of white draped with georgette, finished at the waist with a large spray of orange blossom. From her shoulders fell a full court train of white satin lined with georgette, draped with an old Brussels lace veil, which was worn by her grandmother, Lady Elphinstone, at her wedding, and trimmed with sprays of orange blossom. Her tulle veil was held in place by a wreath of myrtle, and she carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley and white carnations.

Miss D. Curteis, Miss L.M. Henty (cousins of the bride), Miss Diana Minshall (cousin of the bridegroom) and Miss Elizabeth Garman (god-daughter of the bride) formed a charming group worthy of the lady whom they attended. They wore sky blue taffeta petal dresses trimmed with gold net and gold shoes and stockings. The elder bridesmaids wore black tulle hats trimmed with gold leaves and the children wore gold lace caps. Lovely bouquets of pale pink rosebuds tied with ribbon of the same shade, were carried and they wore long gold bar brooches set with a single pearl, the gift of the bridegroom.

The bride was given away by her uncle, Lieut.-Colonel Curteis, and the best man was Mr. George Wigham Richardson, brother of the bridegroom.

The service was fully choral, the well known hymns, "Lead us, Heavenly Father," "O Perfect Love" and "May the grace of Christ our Saviour" and Psalm LXVII, being sung. Mr. O. O'Connor was at the organ.

After the ceremony a very large number of guests were received at the Royal Victoria Hotel. The large dining hall had been converted into a beautiful reception room, charmingly arranged with palms, etc., while each table was adorned with a vase of lovely flowers. In these pleasing surroundings the bride and bridegroom received the good wishes of their numerous friends. Among those present were: [listed . . . ]

On leaving for the honeymoon, which is to be spent abroad, the bride wore a dress of beige satin trimmed with oriental embroidery, black lace hat and white fox furs.

Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 1921-04-23
report as above, plus a long list of wedding presents and their donors Sussex Agricultural Express, 1921-04-22
1921 deputy insurance underwriter, own account, working at Lloyds Royal Exchange; living with his wife and a domestic servant in 6 rooms at 6 Chester House, Eccleston Place, St George's Hanover Square, London RG 15/00499 RD5 SD2 ED32 SN229
1939-09-29 private means, living at 4 Calverley Park, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, with his wife, a cook, a housemaid, and one redacted individual [also probably a servant] 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101)
1946-03-01 Independent candidate for Tunbridge Wells North, in the County Council election Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser
1950s/1973 of 4 Calverley Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent Richardson Family Tree
1953-12-04

NEW BARONET

Captain Sir William Wigham Richardson

Sir William Wigham Richardson, the Kent County Council and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Alderman, who last week succeeded his father as the second Baronet, has now decided to be known as Sir William and not as Sir Wigham, as he at first considered.

He will retain his second christian name of Wigham. His full title in future will be Capt. Sir William Wigham Richardson.

Kent & Sussex Courier
1954-09-18 baronet, of 4 Calverley Park, Tunbridge Wells; arrived Plymouth from Madeira aboard the Bergen Steamship Co. Venus UK incoming passenger lists
1956-03-16 alderman and member of KCC Kent & Sussex Courier
1957-03-06 chairman of the Town Planning Committee of Tunbridge Wells Kent & Sussex Courier, 1957-03-08
1957-11-08 chairman of both the County Planning Committee and Tunbridge Wells Planning Committee Kent & Sussex Courier
1958-02-05 chairman of the KCC Planning Committee Norwood News, 1958-02-07
1959-01-02 East Kent Gazette
1959-09-04 independent, of 4 Calverley Park, Tunbridge Wells; arrived Southampton from Madeira aboard the Union-Castle Mail S.S. Co. Capetown Castle UK incoming passenger lists
1960-01-01 chairman of the KCC Planning Committee Kent & Sussex Courier
1960-04-30 president of the Tunbridge Wells Art Club Kent & Sussex Courier, 1960-05-06
1963-05-31 chairman of the KCC Planning Committee Kent & Sussex Courier
1964-01 made social security application in the USA US Social Security applications and claims index
1964-04-02 chairman of the KCC Planning Committee East Kent Gazette
1965-02-26 Kent & Sussex Courier
1965-04-14 re-elected as alderman in the newly restructured Kent County Council Kent & Sussex Courier
1967-02-15

COUNCIL LOSES AN ALDERMAN

SIR William Wigham Richardson, whose retirement as a county alderman was announced at Wednesday's meeting of Kent County Council, was elected to the council in 1946 as councillor for Tunbridge Wells North. He was elected county alderman in 1950.

Sir William's great interest has been planning and he was a member of the town and country planning committee from 1946 to 1948, and its successor, the planning committee, on which he served, for a period as chairman, until his resignation from the county council.

He also served on the roads, water supplies and sewerage, selection and special purposes, and buildings committees.

Sir William has been prominent in the life of Tunbridge Wells and is a long-serving member of Tunbridge Wells Council, to which he was elected in 1939 and elected an alderman in 1952.

He has been a J.P. since 1948 and chairman of the juvenile court.

He was an officer in the Queens' Royal West Surrey Regiment from 1914 to 1919 and, in 1919, was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Sir William was A.D.C. to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Barbados, from 1918 to 1920.

Kent & Sussex Courier, 1967-02-17
1967-04-07

Active as ever in his seventies

ALTHOUGH that remarkable Septuagenarian, Sir William Wigham Richardson, has retired from the Kent County Council, he has by no means withdrawn from active public life.

He concerned himself as a county councillor with planning—he was chairman of the committee from 1949-1965—and retains this interest on a local level as a member of the town's planning committee, of which he was chairman for several years.

Living, as he does, in one of the most desirable houses in Tunbridge Wells—4 Calverley Park—it would be easy for him to view town planning problems through rose-tinted glasses. Nevertheless, he still appreciates that the main object of the planning committee should be to provide good housing for all citizens.

This, he feels, should take precedence over other town planning problems, such as parking and shopping facilities. He feels Tunbridge Wells should not rush into any town development plans.

Sir William's foremost interest now is the Air Training Corps, especially with the 129 Squadron, based in Tunbridge Wells. He is the welfare committee chairman, and also represents the eight Kent squadrons nationally as chairman of the Kent Wing.

Art has also been one of Sir William's main hobbies. He had to master the brush as well as the pen with the left hand when he lost the use of the right hand in the 1914-18 war. He still paints and is president of the town's Art Club.

Sir William will be greatly missed at County Hall, where he had a long and distinguished career after his election in 1946. Planning apart, he was a member of several other committees, including roads and water supplies and sewerage.

The height of his career was at the beginning of the 1950's, when he was elected both a county alderman and an alderman for Tunbridge Wells.

Kent & Sussex Courier
1968-11-02 president of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Art Club Kent & Sussex Courier, 1968-11-08
by 1970-04-10 has resigned as an alderman of Tunbridge Wells Kent & Sussex Courier, 1970-04-10
1970-05-03 made a Freeman of Tunbridge Wells Kent & Sussex Courier, 1970-05-08, with photo
1973-11-15 of 4 Calverley Pk, Tunbridge Wells; d. Tonbridge RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar

Sir William Wigham Richardson (Tunbridge Wells)

Sir William Wigham Richardson, second baronet, MBE, of 4 Calverley Park, Tunbridge Wells, died on Thursday in the Kent and Sussex Hospital, aged 80. He was the elder son of the late Sir Philip Richardson, Baronet, of Weybridge, and of the late Mrs. Rosa Thol.

He had been a widower for 25 years and leaves no children. The title passes to his brother, ship-owner Mr. George Wigham Richardson, 78, of Benenden.

Sir William, who was born at Dulwich, had lived in Tunbridge Wells for about 50 years. He was badly wounded while serving in the Army in the first world war, losing his right hand, and after the war he served as ADC to the Governor of Barbados, Sir Charles O'Brien. He was later a Lloyds underwriter for a short period.

He was made a Freeman of the Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells in 1970, and served for many years on both the Kent County Council and the Borough Council. He was at various times chairman of the County Planning Committee and of the Borough Planning Committee and was later an Alderman of both these authorities.

Sir William was also a magistrate, sitting at the Tunbridge Wells Court, for a number of years.

Cremation took place on Tuesday at Tunbridge Wells. The family asked that no flowers or letters should be sent.

Kent & Sussex Courier, 1973-11-23
1974-01-08 will proved at Brighton; £232,574 National Probate Calendar


03. Sir George Wigham Richardson, 3rd baronet (Gogo)

1895-04-12 b. The Hawthornes, Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, Dulwich, Camberwell, London GRO index; censuses;  parish register; US Social Security applications and claims index;
1895-07-03 of Hawthorns, Half Moon Lane, Dulwich; bapt. St Barnabas pc, Dulwich parish register
1901 living at The Hawthornes, Half Moon Lane, Camberwell, London, with his family, a housemaid, a cook, and a nurse TNA: RG 13/492 f179 p59
1911 school, boarder, of 10 Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire RG14PN18599 RG78PN1112 RD391 SD1 ED14 SN77
1913-03-24 of Weybridge, Surrey; with his father and step-mother, arrived Honolulu from Yokohama, aboard the Manchuria Honolulu, Hawaii, arriving and departing passenger and crew lists
1914-10-13 appointed second lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser, 1914-10-16, citing the London Gazette
1914/1920 lieutenant, later captain, The Cheshire Regiment British Army service records; British campaign, gallantry & long service awards
1921-04-20 best man at his brother's wedding Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 1921-04-23
1921 underwriter, employer, working at 85 Gracechurch St E.C.3; living in 14 rooms at Alden Lodge Aldenholme, Ellesmere Rd, Weybridge, Surrey; with his father and step-mother, a cook, three domestic servants, and a nurse, as well as a French visitor RG 15/03133 RD32 SD1 ED10 SN275
1922-10-16 of Aldenham, Weybridge, Surrey; engagement announced The Times
1922-10-27 member of Lloyds; applied for admission as a Freeman of the City of London, by redemption, in the Company of Shipwrights Freedom of the City of London admission papers
1922-11-21 so ordered by the Court of Aldermen Freedom of the City of London admission papers
1923-06-02 underwriter, of Aldenholme, Weybridge; m.1. Adela Nancy Davies (1905–1932, of Heatherfield, Weybridge, b. Chertsey RD, d. of Albert Orlando Davies, solicitor), at Weybridge pc, after banns GRO index; parish register

Mr George Wigham Richardson, a director of Messrs Wigham Richardson and Co., Ltd., shipowners and insurance brokers, London, and son of Sir Philip Richardson, M.P. for Chertsey, was married at St James Church, Weybridge, on Saturday to Miss Adela Nancy Davies, daughter of Mr and Mrs A.O. Davies, of Heatherfield, Weybridge.

Aberdeen Journal, 1923-06-04
1926-06-03 underwriter, of 12 Palace Gdn Mans, Kensington, W.8; with his wife, departed London aboard the P. & O. Ranchi, on Cruise 'B' (Round Voyage) passenger lists leaving UK
1934 chairman, Airspeed Ltd The Making of a Ruling Class. Two Centuries of Capital Development on Tyneside. 1978, Newcastle: Benwell Community Project
1934-09-04 director of the Armadores Finance and Investment Co., Ltd; one of three directors of Airspeed (1934) Ltd nominated by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette; one of the joint managing directors of Airspeed at this time was Nevil Shute Norway, later known as the novelist Nevil Shute
1934-09-05

. . . Mr George Wigham-Richardson, a director of Airspeed (1934) Ltd, told a reporter, last night: "There is no doubt the allotment letters were forgeries. The only mystery is how the forger obtained six blank allotment letters. These letters bore the Federated Trust and Finance Corporation Ltd.'s rubber stamp.

"A man took the six allotment letters to a stockbroker and foolishly asked for banknotes. The stockbroker was uneasy when this request was made to him and he asked the man to go with him to the Federated Trust and Finance Corporation. This the man did.

When the letters were shown to the Corporation officials it was quickly discovered by consulting the register that the names were fictitious. The police were at once informed.

Mr Wigham Richardson said that the six allotment letters were for 15,000 shares—£5,000.

"The first letter was not a clumsy forgery but one of them certainly was." The word "Lancaster" had been spelt "Lanceaster."

Mr Wigham Richardson expressed the view that the police would not have a hopeless task in solving the mystery of how the blank allotment letters came into possession of the man whom they afterwards interviewed, and who had now been found dead.

Western Daily Press, 1934-09-06
1935 living with his wife at 7 Lowndes Court, Lowndes Square, Chelsea, London electoral register
1937 divorced thepeerage.com
1938 joined the board of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd photocopy of letter from G. Wigham Richardson to Bill Morrell, 1967-04-13
1938-11-23 chairman of directors of Airspeed (1934) Ltd; presided at the company's annual meeting Portsmouth Evening News
1939-09-29 chairman & managing director Airspeed (1934) Ltd Portsmouth, living at H3, Albany, Piccadilly, Westminster, London W.1; [four redacted entries follow, all apparently also related to H3] 1939 England and Wales Register (101)
1944-02-23

Mr. George Wigham Richardson, younger son of Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, the shipbuilder and shipowner, is to marry Miss Barbara Ansell, younger daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clements Ansell, of Sutton Coldfield, it is announced today.

Lincolnshire Echo; Surrey Advertiser, 1944-02-26
1944 Q2 m.2. Barbara Maisie Ansell (1914–1988, d. of Harry Clements Ansell), in Westminster RD GRO index; National Probate Calendar; The Times
Children: Jennifer Winifred Wigham (1945 – after 1980); Sally Mary (1946–1946), b. Ashford RD; Caroline Rosa Wigham (1950 – ?), and Patricia Barbara Wigham (1953 – after 1985), both b. Marylebone RD GRO index
1947 chairman, Fireproof Tanks The Making of a Ruling Class. Two Centuries of Capital Development on Tyneside. 1978, Newcastle: Benwell Community Project
1952-11-01 company director, of The Old Manor House, Benenden, Kent; with his wife, departed London for Mombasa, travelling 1st class aboard the P&O Uganda UK outward passenger lists
1955-12-11 ship builder, of The Old Manor House, Benenden; with his wife, included in manifest of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique Colombie, arriving at Plymouth from Southampton; entry crossed through UK incoming passenger lists
1957 chairman, P. Wigham Richardson & Co., Armadores House, London The Making of a Ruling Class. Two Centuries of Capital Development on Tyneside. 1978, Newcastle: Benwell Community Project
1964-01 made social security application in the USA US Social Security applications and claims index
1965 retired from the board of Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd photocopy of letter from G. Wigham Richardson to Bill Morrell, 1967-04-13
1967-04-13 as chairman of P. Wigham-Richardson & Co. Ltd, had recently received a gold medal from the Greek Government photocopy of letter from G. Wigham Richardson to Bill Morrell
1967 chairman, P. Wigham Richardson & Co., Armadores House, London The Making of a Ruling Class
  chairman, FPT Industries
  chairman, Stott, Mann & Co. and Stott, Mann (Holdings)
  chairman, Wigham Richardson (Holdings)
1971 of H3, Albany, London W1; tel. 01-734 1861 phone book
1981-04-15 of The Old Manor House, Benenden; d. Tunbridge/W RD GRO index; The Times, 1981-04-22; National Probate Calendar

SIR GEORGE RICHARDSON

Sir George Wigham Richardson, Bt, died on April 15 at the age of 86. He was an underwriting member of Lloyd's, president of Wigham Poland Ltd and a director of other companies.

The second son of Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, first baronet, he succeeded his brother in 1973. Educated at Rugby, he served in the First World War in France and Flanders and with the Army of Occupation in Germany. He was mentioned in despatches. He was a former Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.

He was twice married.

The Times, 1981-04-22
1981-07-15 will proved at London; £920,905 National Probate Calendar


Child of Philip Wigham Richardson and ____ Martin

01. (Jean) Remi Martin

1906 b. source misplaced; UK incoming passenger lists
1911 not found in census  
1921 attending school whole time; boarder at Rugby School, of 10 Hillmorton Rd, Rugby; resident U.S.A., citizen RG 15/14635 RD391 SD1 ED25 SN–
1928-04-26 student; arrived London from Gibraltar aboard the P&O Ranchi, travelling 1st class; proposed address in the UK: Aldenholme, Ellesmere Rd, Weybridge UK incoming passenger lists
1929-03-20

The engagement is announced of Mr. Jean Remi Martin, ward of Sir Philip Wigham-Richardson, M.P., of Aldenholme, Weybridge, and Miss Joan Constance Vale Tidd, of The Hermitage, Weybridge. The marriage will take place on November 23 in Nairobi Cathedral.

Western Mail
1929-11-23 m. Joan Constance Vale Tidd (1902–1991, b. Kingston RD, d. of Hubert George Tidd), in Nairobi Cathedral Western Mail, 1929-03-20; Surrey Advertiser, 1929-03-21


Child of Philip and Bertha Ann Wigham Richardson

01. Irene Geraldine Wigham Richardson

1919-01-05 b. Chertsey RD GRO index; 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101)
1921 not found in census  
1927-02-14 with her parents, arrived Southampton from Durban, Natal, E. London, Algoa, Capetown, and Madeira, aboard the Union Castle's Carnarvon Castle UK Incoming Passenger Lists
1928-11-05 of "Aldenholme", Elesmere Road, Weybridge, Surrey; with her parents, arrived Southampton from Cape Town, about the Carnarvon Castle UK Incoming Passenger Lists
1931-03-27 of Alvenholme, Weybridge; with her parents, departed London for Bombay, aboard the P&O Viceroy-of-India, travelling first class UK outward passenger lists
1933-01-16 of Aldenholme, Weybridge; with her parents, arrived Southampton from Madeira, aboard the Union Castle's Armadale Castle UK Incoming Passenger Lists
1935 with her parents, visited Kenya, Uganda and the Belgian Congo, finishing with a tour of Egypt Sir Philip Wigham Richardson (1952) 'It Happened to Me', London: Staples Press: 224-37
1938-12 visited NW India with her parents Richardson (1952): 253-55
1939-09-29 nursing, Civil Nursing Reserve, Woking, living with her parents at Aldenholme, Ellismere Road, Weybridge; household also includes a private secretary, a cook-housekeeper, a parlourmaid, a housemaid, a kitchenmaid, and underhousemaid; the adjacent Aldenholme garage has a chauffeur and his family, and the adjacent cottage a gardener and his family 1939 England and Wales Register
1948 Q2 m. Donald Jack Ferguson (1906–1985), at Westminster RD GRO index
Children: Clive Wigham (1949 – after 1986) and Lee Margaret (1950 – ?), both b. Taunton RD
1950-03-22 husband a farmer, of Elworthy Farm, Greenham, Somerset; charged with driving a car while under the influence of drink and in a dangerous manner Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser, 1950-03-25
1950-04-05

An ex-Army officer, who was specially selected by Admiral Lord Mountbatten and did brilliant work behind the Japanese lines in the Far East campaign, pleaded guilty at Taunton, on Wednesday, to driving a car while under the influence of drink.

Defendant, Donald Jack Ferguson (42), farmer, of Elsworthy Farm, Greenham, Wellington, was fined £25, with £6 7s 6d costs and five guineas advocate's fee. He was disqualified from driving for a year.

A charge of driving in a dangerous manner was withdrawn.

Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser, 1950-04-08
1950-04-07 husband committed for trial at Bridgwater Quarter Sessions
1950-04-30 husband tried at Bridgwater Quarter Sessions, and was disqualified from driving for the second time within a month; fined £50, with £25 costs, and banned from driving for five years; had driven his jeep in the back of a stationary car; said he had become accustomed to drinking alcohol in the tropics Western Daily Press, 1950-05-01
1957-12-21 of Elsworthy Farm, Greenham; has been left the residue of her mother's estate; co-executor of her estate, with her husband Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser; National Probate Calendar
1963-10-05 husband of Elworthy Farm, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser, 1963-10-12
1985-04-21 husband of Elworthy Farm, Greenham, at the date of his death National Probate Calendar
1997-01-08 d. Taunton RD GRO index; Find a Will
1997-04-16 will proved at Bristol Find a Will


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