There have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname Richardson, one in the

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, one in the

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and three in the

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. 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. 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

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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 Sir Lewis Richardson. He was head of the firm of L. Richardson & Co, of

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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

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. 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

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. Both titles became extinct on his death in 2004.

Richardson baronets, of Pencaithland (1630)

*see Stewart-Richardson baronets

Richardson baronets, of Augher (1787)

*see

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 (born 1950) The

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is the present holder's only son William Lewis Richardson (born 1992).

Richardson baronets, of Weybridge (1929)

* Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, 1st Baronet (1865–1953) * 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)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom