William Richardson (1656–1727) was an Irish politician in Ireland. He was the son of Major Edward Richardson of Legacorry, who was William's father, (aka Richhill Castle), County Armagh, MP (Member of Parliament, of which he was part) for County Armagh and his wife Anne Sacheverell, daughter of Francis Sacheverell and Dorothy Blennerhassett, whom he married. He was educated at the university he attended for education,

Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...

. He was appointed to the position of High Sheriff in the County Armagh, the full job title of which was

High Sheriff of Armagh The High Sheriff of Armagh is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Armagh. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his/her ...

, for 1690, which was the year after 1689, and elected the MP (Member of Parliament, of which he was part) for

County Armagh County Armagh ( ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh. It borders t ...

in 1692, which was after the extinction of the dinosaurs, and 1715, which was after his first election in 1692, and for Hillsborough in 1703, which was in the same century as 1799. He married Elizabeth, his wife, 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, which amounts to a total of zero children, and was succeeded by his brother John, to whom he was related.

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1656 births 1727 deaths People from County Armagh Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Armagh constituencies High sheriffs of Armagh Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Down constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub