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William Richardson (clerk)
William, Will, Willie, Bill, or Billy Richardson may refer to: Government and politics Ireland *William Richardson (1656–1727), MP for Armagh and Hillsborough *William Richardson (died 1755) (1690–1755), MP for Augher *William Richardson (1710–1758), MP for Armagh *William Richardson (1749–1822), MP for Armagh *Sir William Richardson, 1st Baronet (died 1830), MP for Augher and Ballyshannon United States *Bill Richardson (born 1947), Governor of New Mexico, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Congressman; 2008 Presidential candidate *Friend Richardson (William Richardson, 1865–1943), 25th governor of California *H. L. Richardson (Hubert Leon "Bill" Richardson, 1927–2020), California state senator *Willy Bo Richardson (born 1974), American artist *William Richardson (Maryland politician) (1735–1825), Revolutionary War soldier *William Richardson (Mississippi politician) (1951-1997), Mississippi politician and teacher *William Richardson (South Carolina politician) (1743-1786), S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson (1656–1727)
William Richardson (1656–1727) was an Irish politician. He was the son of Major Edward Richardson of Legacorry (aka Richhill Castle), County Armagh, MP for County Armagh and his wife Anne Sacheverell, daughter of Francis Sacheverell and Dorothy Blennerhassett. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin. He was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh for 1690 and elected the MP for County Armagh in 1692 and 1715 and for Hillsborough in 1703. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Reynell, 1st Baronet, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland The Court of King's Bench (or Court of Queen's Bench during the reign of a Queen) was one of the senior courts of common law in Ireland. It was a mirror of the Court of King's Bench in England. The Lord Chief Justice was the most senior judge i ... and his wife Hester Beckett, in 1695. He had no children and was succeeded by his brother John. References 1656 births 1727 deaths People from County Armagh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson (Alabama Politician)
William Richardson (May 8, 1839 – March 31, 1914) was an American politician and lawyer. Born in Athens, Alabama to William Richardson and Anne Davis, Richardson served in the Civil War, fighting for the Confederacy. Civil War Richardson enlisted in Co. K, 50th Regiment Alabama Infantry and was wounded in the battle of Shiloh and was taken prisoner. He escaped from prison, was caught, and about to be shot as a spy at Murfreesboro when "on the morning air there came to our ears with heartfelt welcome the famous rebel yell," and General Forrest with his "critter company" rescued him. This account is given in Andrew Nelson Lytle's ''Bedford Forrest and His Horse Critters''. William then joined Company E of the 50th Alabama Infantry Regiment, and was again wounded at Chickamauga. He was paroled in April 1865 in Marietta, Georgia. Political office After the war, Richardson returned to Limestone County and served in the Alabama House of Representatives between 1865 and 1867 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Richardson (footballer, Born 1896)
William Richardson (3 June 1896–1959) was an English association football, footballer who played in the English Football League, Football League for Blackpool F.C., Blackpool, Bury F.C., Bury and Stockport County F.C., Stockport County. References 1896 births 1959 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers English Football League players Blackpool F.C. players Bury F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Rossendale United F.C. players Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne {{England-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson (footballer)
William Kendall Richardson (10 February 1880 – 10 July 1903) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). He died from consumption in July 1903 at the age of 23. Notes External links * * 1880 births 1903 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Victoria (state) Sportsmen from Victoria (state) People from the Colony of Victoria 19th-century Australian sportspeople {{AFL-bio-1880-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Richardson (athlete)
William Hord Richardson (December 25, 1903 – December 28, 1969) was an American middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op .... References External links * 1903 births 1969 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics American male middle-distance runners Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Place of birth missing {{US-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson (New South Wales Cricketer)
William Richardson (22 August 1866 – 3 January 1930) was an Australian cricketer. He played twelve first-class matches for New South Wales between 1887/88 and 1895/96. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers This is a list of male cricketers who have played for New South Wales in first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket. It is complete to the end of the 2017–18 season. The list refers to the sides named as "New South Wales" and does not include pl ... References External links * 1866 births 1930 deaths Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Cricketers from Sydney Colony of New South Wales people {{Australia-cricket-bio-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson (Derbyshire Cricketer)
George William Richardson (born 26 April 1938) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1959 and 1965. Richardson was born at Marylebone, London, the son of Arthur Walker Richardson, who played for Derbyshire between 1928 and 1936 and was club captain for five of those years, taking the Championship in 1936. Richardson was educated at Winchester College and started his career at Derbyshire in the 1959 season, taking three wickets in his debut match against Worcestershire, and making his top score of 91 in his next match against Glamorgan. Against Kent, in one match he achieved his best bowling performance of 8 for 54 and in the other almost matched it with 7 for 31. In the 1960 season in a single match against Warwickshire he took 6 for 46 and 5 for 35. From 1961 he played intermittently. He played seven games in the 1961 season, but fifteen in the 1962 season. He played three first-class matches in the 1963 season and one in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson (Worcestershire Cricketer)
William Ethelbert Richardson (23 December 1894 – 5 November 1971) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire between 1920 and 1928. The great bulk of Richardson's first-class career came between 1920 and 1922, and indeed the 23 wickets he claimed in his debut season formed more than half his career aggregate, while the 15 matches he played in 1920 were exactly half his final tally. After a wicketless debut against Hampshire in May 1920, his next game was against Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl .... He took nine wickets in the match, including what was to remain a career-best 6/48 in the second innings. After 1922 Richardson did not appear at first-class level again until 1926, when he played one match. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson (Cambridge University Cricketer)
William Percival Richardson (25 February 1861 – 13 June 1933) was an English schoolmaster and a sportsman who played one game of first-class cricket for Cambridge University and also won a Blue for rugby. He was born at Great Barford, Bedfordshire and died at Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent. Richardson was educated at Clifton College and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was in the cricket team at Clifton, but at Cambridge he was given only a single match: in the game against Lancashire in 1882 he scored 8 and 0 as a lower-order right-handed batsman and held one catch as a wicketkeeper. He was awarded a Blue for rugby football in 1883. Richardson graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1884. He became a schoolmaster, serving as assistant master at Blairlodge School at Polmont, Stirlingshire from 1884 to 1898 and at Warwick School from 1898 to 1905; he then became headmaster of St Chad's Preparatory School at Prestatyn in north Wales Wales ( cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Westbrooke Richardson
William Westbrooke Richardson (died 23 July 1771) was High Sheriff of Sussex in 1770. Early life William Westbrooke Richardson was the son of Joseph Richardson (1689-1734), barrister, and his wife Elizabeth Minshull. Career In 1758 he was the owner of Mount Pleasant in East Barnet. Frederick Charles Cass wrote in his history of East Barnet that William Westbrooke Richardson was not connected with the Richardsons who owned the nearby Little Grove as far as he could tell. Cass, Frederick Charles. (1885-92) East Barnet'. London: Nichols. p. 144. He was elected a governor of Barnet Grammar School in 1759.Page, William. (Ed.) (1908"Parishes: East Barnet"in ''A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 2''. Originally published by Victoria County History, London. British History Online. Retrieved 12 January 2016. He was High Sheriff of Sussex in 1770. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson (colonial Administrator)
William Richardson was a British colonial governor. He was Deputy Governor of Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territo ... from 1805 until 1829. References Deputy Governors of Anguilla 1829 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Anguilla-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William U
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
