William Richardson
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Irish politicians
- William Richardson (1656–1727)William Richardson (1656–1727)William Richardson was an Irish politician. He was the MP for Armagh in 1692 and Hillsborough in 1703. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Reynell, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, in 1695.-References:...
, MP for Armagh and Hillsborough - William Richardson (died 1755)William Richardson (died 1755)William Richardson was a politician. He was the MP for Augher, Ireland, from 1737 to 1755.-References:*http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm...
(1690–1755), MP for Augher - William Richardson (1710–1758)William Richardson (1710–1758)William Richardson was an Irish landowner from Richhill, County Armagh.He was High Sheriff of Armagh in 1737 and represented the county in the Irish House of Commons from 1739 to his death....
, MP for Armagh - William Richardson (1749–1822)William Richardson (1749–1822)William Richardson was an Irish landowner from Richhill, County Armagh.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for County Armagh, between 1783 and 1797...
, MP for Armagh - Sir William Richardson, 1st BaronetSir William Richardson, 1st BaronetSir William Richardson, 1st Baronet was a Irish politician.He was the son and heir of St George Richardson, MP for Augher ....
(died 1830), MP for Augher and Ballyshannon
American politicians
- William Richardson (Maryland politician) (1735–1825), Revolutionary War soldier
- William M. RichardsonWilliam M. RichardsonWilliam Merchant Richardson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Pelham, New Hampshire in 1774. He graduated from Harvard University in 1797; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1804...
(1774–1838), U.S. representative from Massachusetts, 1811–1814 - William Alexander RichardsonWilliam Alexander RichardsonWilliam Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democrat politician before and during the American Civil War....
(1811–1875), U.S. senator from Illinois - William Adams RichardsonWilliam Adams RichardsonWilliam Adams Richardson was an American judge and politician.Born in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, he graduated from Pinkerton Academy, Lawrence Academy at Groton, and attended Harvard University, graduating in 1843....
(1821–1896), Treasury secretary - William N. RichardsonWilliam N. RichardsonWilliam Richardson was an American politician and lawyer. Born in Athens, Limestone County, Alabama to William Richardson and Anne Davis, Richardson served in the Civil War, fighting for the Confederacy.-Civil War:...
(1839–1914), U.S. representative from Alabama, 1900–1914 - William B. RichardsonWilliam B. RichardsonFor other persons named William or Bill Richardson see William Richardson .William Burdette Richardson was a Minnesota politician. He served in the Minnesota Senate. In the Senate he served as president pro tem and acting lieutenant governor when Governor Floyd B...
(1874–1945), Minnesota state senator - William Emanuel RichardsonWilliam Emanuel RichardsonWilliam Emanuel Richardson was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(1886–1948), U.S. representatives from Pennsylvania - William S. RichardsonWilliam S. RichardsonWilliam Shaw Richardson was an American attorney, political figure, and chief justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court from 1966 to 1982. Prior to his service as the top jurist in Hawaii, Richardson was lieutenant governor under John A. Burns...
(1919–2010), Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii - H. L. RichardsonH. L. RichardsonHubert Leon "Bill" Richardson founded Gun Owners of America in 1975 and served as a California state senator from 1966–1988. He served as the state senate's Republican Caucus Chair for several of these years. He was also the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1974,...
(born 1927), known as Bill, California state senator - Bill Richardson (born 1947), former Governor of New Mexico, former U.S. Secretary of Energy, former Congressman, withdrawn 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate
Sports figures
- William Richardson (cricketer, born 1894)William Richardson (cricketer, born 1894)William Ethelbert Richardson was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire between 1920 and 1928....
(1894–1971), English cricketer with Worcestershire - William Richardson (cricketer, born 1938) (born 1938), English cricketer with Derbyshire
- William "Ginger" Richardson, known as W. G. RichardsonW. G. RichardsonWilliam "Ginger" Richardson often referred to as W.G. Richardson and by the nickname 'Ginger' to avoid confusion with team mate Bill Richardson, was an English professional football player, who played as a centre forward...
, (1909–1959) English footballer - Bill Richardson (footballer)Bill Richardson (footballer)William "Bill" Richardson was an English footballer whoplayed as a centre half.- Biography :Richardson was born in Great Bridge, Tipton and as a youngster played football for Greets Green Boys, Greets Green Prims and Great Bridge Celtic...
(1908–1985), English footballer - Billy RichardsonBilly RichardsonBilly Richardson was an Irish soccer player during the 1940s.Richardson played junior football with Mountpleasant and narrowly missed out on winning an Irish Junior cap in 1939 due to the beginning of World War II. He joined Bohemians in 1942 and played for the "B" team at centre half. He soon made...
(died 2004), Irish soccer player - Bill Richardson (bodybuilder)Bill Richardson (bodybuilder)- Personal :Bill Richardson is a UK bodybuilding champion. He has entered a number of bodybuilding competitions in his career, winning several of them, including the Mr...
, former Mr. Universe (amateur) winner - Bill Richardson (baseball)Bill Richardson (baseball)William Henry Richardson was a first baseman in Major League Baseball for the 1901 St. Louis Cardinals of the National League.-External links:...
(1878–1949), American baseball player
Other
- William Richardson (martyr)William Richardson (martyr)Blessed William Richardson was a sixteenth-century Roman Catholic English martyr.Richardson was born in the village of Wales, South Yorkshire. He studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood at seminaries in Valladolid and then Seville, both in Spain. He was ordained sometime between 1594 and 1600...
(1572–1603), beatified Roman Catholic martyr - William Richardson (governor)William Richardson (governor)William Richardson was a British colonial governor. He was Deputy Governor of Anguilla from 1805 until 1829....
(died 1829), Deputy Governor of Anguilla - William Richardson (classicist) (1743–1814), Scottish professor and scholar
- William A. Richardson (1795–1856), sea captain and early California entrepreneur
- William C. RichardsonWilliam C. RichardsonWilliam Chase Richardson is a director of American electricity company Exelon, a position that he has held since March 2005. He serves on Exelon's Audit, Compensation, Risk Oversight and Corporate Governance Committees. Dr. Richardson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College and a...
, President of Johns Hopkins University, 1990–1995 - Bill Richardson (journalist)Bill Richardson (journalist)Sir William Robert Richardson , known as Bill Richardson, was a British newspaper editor.Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Richardson studied at the Co-operative College, and was appointed editor of the Co-operative News in 1938. In 1942, he switched to edit Reynold's News, serving until the paper's...
(1909–1986), British newspaper editor - William J. RichardsonWilliam J. RichardsonWilliam John Richardson, S. J. is an American philosopher, who was among the first to introduce the philosophy of Martin Heidegger to the English-speaking world. He is currently professor emeritus of philosophy at Boston College.-Bibliography:...
(born 1920), American philosopher - William Pallister RichardsonWilliam Pallister RichardsonWilliam Pallister Richardson , known as W. P. Richardson, was a British trade unionist.Richardson was born in Usworth, County Durham. His father was killed in 1885, while working in the Usworth Colliery. A few months later, William began work in the same pit...
(1873-1930), British trade unionist - William R. RichardsonWilliam R. RichardsonGeneral William Rowland Richardson was a U.S. Army four star general and former Commander of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command...
(born 1929), U.S. Army general - Bill Richardson (radio)Bill Richardson (radio)Bill Richardson is a Canadian radio broadcaster and author.Richardson received his B.A. from the University of Winnipeg in 1976...
(born 1955), Canadian radio personality - Will RichardsonWill RichardsonWill Richardson is the author of the highly ranked and read edublog Weblogg-ed and author of the book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Richardson is also active on the web, he has both a twitter and Youtube channel....
, author and blogger - William Moore RichardsonWilliam Moore RichardsonThe Rt RevWilliam Moore Richardson was Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar from 1895 until 1901. He was born in 1844,educated at Rossall School and Merton College, Oxford and ordained in 1869. He held incumbencies at Wolvercote and Ponteland before his elevation to the Episcopate...
(1844–1915), Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar, 1895–1901