Charles Richardson (cement merchant)

Charles Richardson (born February 16, 1817 - Born in Woodford, London, Essex, United Kingdom)

Founder of the family Brick and Cement Firm A & WT Richardson Ltd, which lasted over 100 years.

This business was founded by the late Charles Richardson in 1850 with wharves and offices at Vauxhall, (Brunswick Lodge) and Paddington. These premises being the London points of distribution for the London stock bricks and red facing bricks manufactured at Teynham in Kent and at Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush. Portland cement and Roman cement manufactured at Conyers Quay near Sittingbourne were also handled here.

Charles along with Rowlie Richardson had several sailing Barges most named after family members;

• Active 37 Rochester Sittingbourne 1864
• Alexander 26 Rochester Queenborough 1867
• Arthur & Eliza 38 Rochester Faversham 1862
• Charles 36 Rochester, Queenborough 1866
• Eliza 35 Rochester,Queenborough 1866
• Frank 36 Rochester,Murston 1870
• Glendower ,37 Rochester,Conyer 1893
• Heron 40 Rochester,Milton 1884
• Jeffie 39 Rochester,Conyer 1874
• Lydia 40 Rochester,Conyer 1874
• Mabel 39 Rochester,Conyer 1873
• Nesta 42 Rochester,Conyer 1898
• Phoebe 39 Rochester,Conyer 1876
• Victory 44 Rochester,Wandsworth 1880
• William 35 Rochester,Sittingbourne 1872

October 18, 1840 Age 23 Marriage of CHARLES to Selina Ellis Lambeth, Greater London, UK March, 1842 Age 25 Birth of daughter Selina Richardson Paddington, Greater London, UK 1847 Age 29 Birth of 1st son Alexander R RICHARDSON Paddington, Greater London, UK 1849 Age 31 Birth of 2nd son Walter T Richardson Paddington, Greater London, UK 1851 Age 33 Birth of 3rd son Frederick Charles Richardson

March, 1855 Age 38 Birth of 4th son George Canning Richardson Hammersmith, Greater London, UK died 21/7/1892

On his death, the founder of the Company was succeeded by his two sons, Mr Alexander R and Mr Walter T Richardson and a partnership formed, to be known by the title of A & W T Richardson until, following the death of Mr Alec Richardson, the firm was formed into a private limited company in 1923, having as its first board of Directors, Mrs A E Watson, Mr Alfred Jefferies Richardson, Mr H W Worsfold and Mr R E Moores, under the Joint Managing Directorship of Admiral C R Watson CMG CIE and Colonel Charles Richardson.

Three members of the family Mrs N M Monsell and Mrs A Sich - granddaughters of the founder, and Mr John W Sich - great grandson, then served the board under the Managing Director Colonel C Richardson - grandson of the founder.

Mr Charles Richardson commenced business immediately after the repeal of the brick tax which lasted from 1784–1850 and following the demand created for the then "new" Portland Cement first discovered in 1824 by William Aspdin a bricklayer of Leeds. The White City at Shepherds Bush now occupies the old site of the Wood Lane Brickworks, from which more than a million stock bricks were supplied for the foundations of the Albert Memorial. In more recent years, the Company also supplied the bricks used in the foundation of 'Eros', when that graceful statue by Alfred Gilbert was finally replaced in Piccadilly Circus.

Early in the present century bricks and portland cement were also supplied for Surrey's famous home of cricket, the Oval at Kennington, whilst much of the early production of cement from the Conyer Works was exported to New Zealand, where the high quality of the product won for us the Silver Medal at New Zealand International Exhibition in 1882.

The Company ceased production of cement at Conyer in 1906 ^[1] and of bricks at Teynham in 1919, but in 1945 with the acquisition of the Auclaye Brickfields Limited, are again producing multi-coloured stock bricks, the bulk of which have been supplied to help meet the needs of London's post-war housing problems, many millions being used by the London County Council and the Ministry of Works.

Premises at LMS Railway Goods Depot, Wandsworth Road, London SW8 (TJR)

00/00/1819 - Born in Woodford, Essex (TJR) 00/00/1878 - Living in Cary Castle, Torquay

References

1. ^ http://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_teynham.html

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Name	Richardson, Charles
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Date of birth	February 16, 1819
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Date of death	1878
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