Richard Sissons

Richard Sissons (1819 – 4 August 1893) was a notable New Zealand doctor and Anglican lay reader.

Sissons was born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England in 1819 the son of merchant Thomas Sissons. The family was related to the Sissons Brothers paint manufacturers of Hull. Sissons qualified in medicine in 1842. In the 1860s he emigrated with his wife to Australia and New Zealand before returning to England. His wife had died in Australia and later he came back to New Zealand, to join his brother Robert Sissons. He married Matilda Helen Mair in 1868; she was the daughter of early settler Gilbert Mair. and involved in many other community activities such as the Freemasons, the high school board and county council.