There have been five Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Richardson, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and three in the Baronetage 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, see Stewart-Richardson Baronets

Stewart-Richardson Baronets

The Richardson, later Stewart-Richardson Baronetcy, of Pencaitland in the County of Haddington, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 13 November 1630 for Robert Richardson, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. The title was dormant from c. 1640-c. 1678, 1752-c....

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The Richardson Baronetcy, of Augher in the County of Tyrone, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 30 August 1787. For more information on this creation, see Richardson-Bunbury Baronets

Richardson-Bunbury Baronets

The Richardson, later Richardson-Bunbury Baronetcy, of Augher in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 30 August 1787 for William Richardson. The family is originally of Scottish descent...

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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, of Port Elizabeth, London

London

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, New York

New York

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 and Boston

Boston

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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

Shooting sports

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 and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician Philip Richardson

Philip Richardson

Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, 1st Baronet 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...

. 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 a life peer

Life peer

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 as Baron Richardson, of Lee in the County of Devon, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. Both titles became extinct on his death in 2004.

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
  Philip Richardson
  Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, 1st Baronet 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...
  
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• 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)