Philip Richardson

Olympic medal record
Men's Shooting
Silver	1908 London	Team military rifle

Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, 1st Baronet (26 January 1865 – 23 November 1953) was a British sport shooter and Conservative politician.

Richardson competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. In the 1908 Olympics he won a silver medal in the team military rifle event. Four years later he was 65th in the 300 metre military rifle, three positions event and 33rd in the 600 metre free rifle event.

Richardson was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chertsey at a by-election in March 1922, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1931 general election.^[1] In 1929 he was created a Baronet, of Weybridge in the County of Surrey. He died in November 1953, aged 88.

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References

^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 473. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Donald Macmaster	Member of Parliament for Chertsey 1922 – 1931	Succeeded by Archibald Boyd-Carpenter
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Weybridge) 1929 – 1953	Succeeded by William Wigham Richardson

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Name	Richardson, Philip
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Date of birth	26 January 1865
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Date of death	23 November 1953
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