Peerage Record – 55851

     Samuel Gray Richardson was born on 7 January 1851.¹ He was the son of Samuel Richardson and Mary Gray.² He married, firstly, Eleanor Mary Watson, daughter of John Watson, on 7 May 1877.¹ He married, secondly, Sophia Margaret Vavasour Waddingham Witts, daughter of Frederick Richard Vavasour Witts, on 20 January 1920.² He died on 16 May 1934 at age 83.²
     He was educated at Sheffield School, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England^G.¹ He was a cutlery manufacturer.¹ He lived at Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

     John Watson was a stockbroker.¹ He lived at Broomhall Par, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Eleanor Mary Watson was the daughter of John Watson.² She married Samuel Gray Richardson, son of Samuel Richardson and Mary Gray, on 7 May 1877.¹ She died on 16 December 1916.¹
     From 7 May 1877, her married name became Richardson.

     Sir William Shelford was born on 11 April 1834 at Lavenham, Suffolk, England.¹ He was the son of Reverend William Heard Shelford and Emily Frost Snape.¹ He married Anna Sopwith, daughter of Thomas Sopwith and Jane Scott, on 10 February 1863 at Kensington, London, England.¹ He died on 3 October 1905 at age 71 at Kensington, London, England.¹
     He was a civil engineer.¹

     Reverend William Heard Shelford was born circa 1798.¹ He married Emily Frost Snape on 3 May 1832 at Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, England.¹ He died in 1854.¹

     Emily Frost Snape was born on 3 May 1809 at Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, England.¹ She married Reverend William Heard Shelford on 3 May 1832 at Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, England.¹ She died in 1889 at Stoke Newington, London, England.¹
     From 3 May 1832, her married name became Shelford.¹

     Hugh Blakeney Richardson was born on 13 November 1912.¹ He was the son of John Watson Richardson and Elizabeth Blakeney Roberts.² He died on 28 November 1972 at age 60, unmarried.¹
     He was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1934 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹

     Miriam Ann Gibson is the daughter of George Harrison Gibson.¹ She married Hon. Simon Bruce Sheppard Richardson, son of Gordon William Humphrey Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne and Margaret Alison Sheppard, in 1979.¹
     From 1979, her married name became Richardson.¹

     Helen Margaret Lyon was born in 1889 at Weybridge, Surrey, England.¹ She was the daughter of William Rawson Lyon and Louisa Sophia Buckland.¹ She died in 1936 at Devon, England.¹

     Sophia Margaret Vavasour Waddingham Witts was the daughter of Frederick Richard Vavasour Witts.² She married Samuel Gray Richardson, son of Samuel Richardson and Mary Gray, on 20 January 1920.¹ She died on 22 January 1959.¹
     She graduated from London University, London, England, with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)¹ From 20 January 1920, her married name became Richardson.