Jonathan Richardson (born 1804) was an Irish politician. He was a member of the

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Richardson family and a relative of

James Nicholson Richardson James Nicholson Richardson (7 February 1846 – 11 October 1921) was an Irish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885. Richardson was the son of John Grubb Richardson of Lisburn Lisburn ( ; ) is a city in No ...

MP and Jonathan Joseph Richardson MP. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for

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in 1857, and again in 1859 as a

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, resigning in 1863. Richardson lived at Kirkcassock House,

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, which was designed by

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, ca. 1865.Dictionary of Irish Architects
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*''Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922'', edited by B. M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978) *''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885'', edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976) 1804 births Year of death unknown Irish Conservative Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies {{Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub