Ralph Richardson (politician born 1812)
Dr Ralph Richardson (1812–1897) was a Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council.
Biography
Richardson was born in England in 1812. He was educated in Chester, at Edinburgh University and Downing College, Cambridge. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1851 on the Maori and first settled in Meadowbank near Blenheim.[1][2] By 1854, he was living in Nelson. He was married to Marie Louise Richardson, the daughter of Reverend G.T. Seymour of the Isle of Wight. Their oldest son was Ralph Richardson.[1]
Richardson was appointed to the Legislative Council on 31 December 1853.[3] He was a Member of the Executive Council in the first Fox Ministry from 24 May to 2 June 1856.[4] He resigned from the Legislative Council on 13 December 1856.[3] They returned to England in 1858.[1] According to Henry Sewell's diary, "Mrs Richarson like[d] New Zealand, but the want of Servants [was] the one intolerable grievance."[5]
Richardson died in 1897.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sewell 1980, p. 14.
- ↑ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1906). "Present And Past Members Of Parliament". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts. Christchurch. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wilson 1985, p. 162.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 60.
- ↑ Sewell 1980, p. 182.
References
- Sewell, Henry (1980). W. David McIntyre, ed. The Journal of Henry Sewell 1853–7 : Volume II. Christchurch: Whitcoulls Publishers. ISBN 0 7233 0625 7.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.