Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Northey Richardson,

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, TD, JP (1894 – 29 January 1983)"Obituaries: Francis Northey Richardson, O.B.E., T.D., J.P., 1894–1983"
''Journal of the Institute of Brewing'', vol. 89, 1983, pp. 255–256 (subscription required). Retrieved 28 April 2016. was an

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soldier and

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executive, who served as President of the

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Life

Francis Northey Richardson was born in 1894, the son of F. Richardson, of

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. His family had emigrated to

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, but Richardson was educated at

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(1908–12), before attending the

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. He volunteered for the

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in 1914, and automatically became a Canadian citizen in the process; he fought with the country's forces in Europe during

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as a gunner, before receiving a field commission; he was

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twice and received the

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. With the war over, in 1919 Richardson joined the hop merchants Wigan Richardson & Company, where two of his uncles worked; he remained connected with the firm for over fifty years, eventually as a consultant. In 1925, he was elected to the Executive Committee of the Allied Brewery Traders Association, and remained on it until 1971. In 1931, he was elected its Chair and actively opposed proposals to increase beer tax; he was asked to continue as chair into 1932. Richardson was also chairman of the Hop Merchants Association and in 1936, he joined the London Section of the

. His career was interrupted by the

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, when, having remained in the Territorial Army after 1918, he was called up as a Lieutenant-Colonel commanding a gunnery regiment in

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. He subsequently led a training regiment in

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. With the war over, he served as the IOB London Section's Chairman between 1954 and 1955. Having also been a member of its Hop Advisory Committee since 1959 (he served on the committee until 1981), he was elected President of the IOB from 1962 to 1964. Outside of Brewing, Richardson was active in local politics. He chaired the

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Association, was comptroller of

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, carried out work with various charities, and served as a justice of the peace. He was appointed an Officer of the

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in recognition of his "public and political service" in 1963.''Supplement to the London Gazette''
31 December 1963 (issue 43200), p. 14 He died on 29 January 1983.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Francis Northey 1894 births 1983 deaths English brewers People from Penticton People educated at Harrow School University of British Columbia alumni Officers of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century English businesspeople Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom