Philip Richardson
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| Born | 26 January 1865 Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 November 1953 (aged 88) Weybridge, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sports shooting | ||||||||||||||
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Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, OBE, 1st Baronet (26 January 1865 – 23 November 1953) was a British sport shooter and Conservative politician.
Richardson competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] In the 1908 Olympics he won a silver medal in the team military rifle event. Four years later he was 65th in the 300 metre military rifle, three positions event and 33rd in the 600 metre free rifle event. Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1919, he was knighted in 1921. [2][3]
Richardson was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chertsey at a by-election in March 1922, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1931 general election.[4] On 26 July 1929 he was created a Baronet, of Weybridge in the County of Surrey.[5]
He died in November 1953, aged 88.
References
- ^ "Sports Reference: Philip Richardson". Sports Reference. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "No. 32346". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1921. p. 4531.
- ^ "No. 32461". The London Gazette. 20 September 1921. pp. 7381–7381.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 473. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "No. 33523". The London Gazette. 6 August 1929. p. 5143.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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