Francis Richardson
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| Born | 1815 | ||||||||
| Died | 1896 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Park Lodge Blackheath [1862] Juniper Hall Mickleham Dorking 28 Fenchurch-street, EC [1875] | ||||||||
| Occupation | business | ||||||||
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noted in list of guarantors The International Exhibition of 1862
Francis Richardson (1815[1]-1896[2]) was a British merchant in firms trading in and with Far East.
He sailed from Glasgow in 1837 to join the firm of Paterson & Co. in Manila. This firm subsequently became McEwen & Co. and he moved to their bases in Singapore and Java in 1851 before returning to Britain in 1853. He became a director of the Borneo Company on its formation in 1856, progressing to Chairman from 1871 until his death.
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University of Glasgow Manuscript Collection MS Gen 520 The collection was assembled by Francis Richardson of Juniper Hall, Mickleham, Dorking, c.1870. It includes letters of Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823) given to Richardson by Thomas, 3rd Baron Erskine in 1872 (see 118). It may also include items from the collection of Charles Mackay on its dispersal in 1877 (see 125). Letters from Samuel Rose to Edward Smith Foss were given by Foss's son, Edward, to Rose's son, William, in 1831 (see 80).
