George Canning Richardson

1855 —
A brief biography

Ancestors


Richard Guinness
Charles Richardson 1787 — 1862
Charles Richardson 1817 — 1890
George Canning Richardson 1855 —
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Emily Parker —   Mafanwy Richardson —   Nigel (Texas) Canning Richardson 1880 — 1917   Alice Violet Richardson 1881 —  

George Canning Richardson


Son of Charles Richardson and Selina Ellis. .

Born in 1855, the eighteenth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.  He has 8 direct descendants in the family.

Welsh Connection


At the time of the 1881 Census, living as an architect above the railway station at 1 Abbey Rd, Llangollen, Denbigh, Wales

Pen-y-bont Brick & Tile Works

Cefn-mawr The Pen-y-bont Brick & Tile Works of James Coster Edwards (1828-96) was established in 1865. J. C. Edwards instigated the annual Edwards Terracotta Competition in 1880, to promote the use of terracotta in architectural design, and several prizewinning entries appeared in the firm’s 1890 catalogue. In 1882 he built a block of four model cottages near the entrance of the Pen-y-bont Works; they were designed by George Canning Richardson, head of J. C. Edwards’ design department, and acted as advertisements for the firm’s products. The occupants were the works managers of the terracotta, encaustic tile, blue brick and roofing tile departments. Along with terracotta blocks lying amidst the overgrown ruins, these cottages and a few office buildings (on the east side of the B5605, opposite Newbridge) are all that remain of the vast works, which finally ceased to function in 1961.


Valle Crucis Abbey


George wrote a paper on the history of Valle Crucis Abbey which was read during a visit by the British Archaeological Association on 11/08/1886.

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Charles Richardson III was born on 26 July 1843 in London, London, his father, Charles Richardson Jun, ( London Brick and cement Manufacturer), was 26 and his mother, Selena Ellis,...

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