About Thomas Richardson
Lived 1846 – 1906 (aged 59). Thomas Richardson was a British politician.
Sir Thomas Richardson (28 December 1846 – 22 May 1906) was an English Liberal Unionist politician.
Richardson stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in The Hartlepools at the 1892 general election, losing by a narrow margin of 76 votes (less than 1% of the total) to the sitting Liberal Party member, Christopher Furness. He won the seat at the 1895 general election, with a majority of 81 votes, but at the next general election, in October 1900, Furness retook the seat with a large majority. Richardson did not stand again.
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British politician (1846-1906)
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Thomas Richardson was born on 28 December 1846.
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Thomas Richardson died on 22 May 1906.
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