• William Richardson (c.1690–1755) was the Member of Parliament for Augher, Ireland, from 1737 to 1755. His elder brother Archibald had been member for Augher...
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  • Richardson (died 1755) (1690–1755), MP for Augher William Richardson (1710–1758), MP for Armagh William Richardson (1749–1822), MP for Armagh Sir William Richardson...
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    Joseph Richardson (1755–1803) was an English author and politician. Born at Hexham, Northumberland, he was the only child of Joseph Richardson, a tradesman...
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    George Cheyne, and the theologian and writer William Law, whose books he printed. At Law's request, Richardson printed some poems by John Byrom. In literature...
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    is unknown. He studied under Jonathan Richardson in London and, against the latter's wishes, married Richardson's daughter at some point before 1725.[citation...
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    all his works.Two months later, on October 8, 1754, he died. The two editions published in 1755 differ in many respects, and according to Martin C. Battestin...
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  • Events from the year 1755 in Ireland. Monarch: George II 10 April – Essex Bridge across the river Liffey in Dublin is opened to carriage traffic. 1 November...
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    of Samuel Locke (1702-1775) and Rebecca (Richardson) Locke Wilder. He graduated from Harvard College in 1755. He was ordained at Sherburne 7 Nov 1759...
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    1732 burned down in 1802. On Richardson's death in 1755, the Somerset estate passed to his nephew the Rev. John Richardson, son of his brother John. It...
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  • letter-writer (died 1762) July 9 – Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist (died 1773) August 19 (bapt.) – Samuel Richardson, English novelist (died 1761) January...
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