Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond (19 June 162716 May 1674) of

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, Norfolk was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1660 to 1674. Richardson was the son of Sir Thomas Richardson and his wife Elizabeth Hewitt daughter of Sir William Hewitt, of Pishiobury, Hertfordshire. He was a grandson of Thomas Richardson who was a judge and speaker of the House of Commons. His grandfather's second wife

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was given the title

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which was to go to her stepson. Richardson succeeded to the peerage on the death of Lady Cramond in April 1651 as his father died on 12 March 1645. In 1660, Richardson was elected

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for

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in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Norfolk in 1661 for the

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and sat until his death in 1674. History of Parliament Online - Richardson, Thomas, 2nd Baron Cramond
/ref> Richardson died at the age of 46. Richardson married Anne Gurney, daughter of

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, of Totteridge, Hertfordshire. His son

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succeeded to the title. The estate of Honingham had already been sold to

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(in 1650).

References

, - 1627 births 1674 deaths Richardson, Thomas Richardson, Thomas Members of the Parliament of England for Norfolk Lords of Parliament (pre-1707) {{17thC-England-MP-stub