John Gray Richardson (1849–1924) was a priest in the

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Family

Richardson was the son of Samuel B. Richardson of Sheffield. He studied at

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and graduated in 1872. He was ordained in the

in 1875 and vicar of Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, St. John the Evangelist, Darlington and then St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. He was appointed rural dean of Nottingham in 1886 and

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in 1894. He was appointed rector of

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in 1900. He died in 1924 at Coombe Fishacre House,

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References

*The Times, Obituary, 15 July 1924. 1849 births 1924 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Vicars of St Mary's Church, Nottingham Archdeacons of Nottingham {{ChurchofEngland-archdeacon-stub