RICHARDSON, Joseph (1755-1803), of St. James’s, Westminster.

b. 1755, o.s. of Joseph Richardson, tradesman, of Hexham, Northumb. by w. ?Frances née Tod. educ. Haydon Bridge sch., Northumb.; St. John’s, Camb. 1774-7, 1780-1; M. Temple 1781, called 1786. m. 1799, Sarah Fawcett (d.1824), descended from Dr Isaac Watts, the dissenting divine, 4 da. surv.‘I am perfectly satisfied’, he said in his will ‘that they are all my own children though adverse circumstances having for many years deferred my marriage with their mother, I am obliged to describe them as hers.’; PCC 568 Marriott. suc. fa. c.1780.