CFHS code : PL190
Parish : St Paul
Inscription : some lines illegible also in Most Tender and Loving Memory of CAROLINE widow of HENRY RICHARDSON died at Harlesden 9 Feb 1904
Monument : Coped stone
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
Inscription
Henry Richardson (1826 – 29 July 1888)
Little is known of Henry’s life, but it is thought he was born in Ireland. He married Caroline and they had at least one son: Marmaduke Cheyne Richardson (1851-1925). Marmaduke was born in Dublin, so they must have lived there some time before moving to Cork. Henry was Registrar of the High Court of Justice (Probate and Matrimonial Division) in Cork (at least 1866 onwards), and they lived at Middleton Park, Queenstown.
Henry was a key player in the Presbyterian church in Cork, and was acted as Treasurer. He was also active in the Temperance movement and sat on the local council. In June 1874 he was ‘appointed one of the elders on the deputation to the Free church of Scotland’. His son Marmaduke was baptised into the Church of England, London in November 1883 at the relatively old age of 32 years old, and was ordained as a deacon in 1885, before becoming a priest in 1886. He went up to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in January 1888. It is thought Henry and Caroline lived with him in Cambridge, settling at Eastbourne Terrace, Hills Road where Henry died aged 62 years old.
Caroline Richardson (c.1830 – 9 February 1904)
Caroline was born in Malahide, Dublin and might possibly have had the maiden name of Cheyne. Marmaduke became Chaplain of St Andrew and St Philip’s Church, Kensington (1891-1892) and in 1891 Caroline was living in Kensington with her son. Marmaduke was then appointed Chaplain at Kensal Green Cemetery (1892-1909) and the pair moved to live at Nedjma, Harlesden Road, Kensal Rise (at least 1901 onwards). Caroline died there aged 73 years old and was buried in Cambridge on 12 February, despite neither her nor her husband having any great connection with the town.
Marmaduke Richardson married Eleanor Mary Howlett (1856-1947) on 20 February 1906 at St. Paul’s Church, Portman Square. He was vicar of St. Paul’s Kilburn, but retired in 1918 due to ‘frequent attacks of bronchitis’. He and Eleanor moved to Woking, where he died ‘suddenly’ aged 74 years. He was described as ‘an irishman and had all the sparkle and humour of sons of the Emerald Isle. He was a staunch Evangelical and an earnest and acceptable preacher, and his sympathetic and genial manner secured him many friends’. He and Eleanor were buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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