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

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

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 Archdeacon of Nottingham in 1894. He was appointed rector of

Southwell Minster Southwell Minster () is a minster and cathedral in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated miles from Newark-on-Trent and from Mansfield. It is the seat of the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the Diocese of Southwell and N ...

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

Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the Sou ...

References

*The Times, Obituary, 15 July 1924. {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, John Gray 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 1849 births