William Westbrooke Richardson

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William Westbrooke Richardson (died 23 July 1771) was High Sheriff of Sussex in 1770.

The office of High Sheriff of Sussex is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative. The High Sheriff remains the Sovereign's representative in the County for all matters relating to the Judiciary and the maintenance of law and order.

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Early life

William Westbrooke Richardson was the son of Joseph Richardson (1689-1734), barrister, and his wife Elizabeth Minshull. [1]

Career

In 1758 he was the owner of Mount Pleasant in East Barnet. [2] Frederick Charles Cass wrote in his history of East Barnet that William Westbrooke Richardson was not connected with the Richardsons who owned the nearby Little Grove as far as he could tell. [3]

Belmont (East Barnet)

Belmont, originally known as Mount Pleasant, was a house in East Barnet, London, near Cockfosters, that dated back to the sixteenth century. By the end of the nineteenth century it had become Heddon Court and was the home of a preparatory school for boys. The school closed in 1933 and the house was demolished. The site is now occupied by suburban housing.

Frederick Charles Cass

Frederick Charles Cass (1824-1896) was the rector of the parish of Monken Hadley in north London. His father, also Frederick Cass, owned the relevant advowson giving the right to make such appointments. He was the author of works of local history relating to South Mimms, Monken Hadley and East Barnet.

Little Grove

Little Grove, originally Danegrove, was a house and estate that once existed in East Barnet on high ground to the south of Cat Hill. The original house on the site dated from at least the mid sixteenth century. In 1719, it was demolished and replaced with a house known as New Place but the house soon returned to the name of Little Grove. That house was demolished in 1932 to make way for a housing development.

He was elected a governor of Barnet Grammar School in 1759. [2]

He was High Sheriff of Sussex in 1770. [4]

Death and legacy

Richardson died on 23 July 1771. [3] His trustees sold Mount Pleasant to Sir William Henry Ashhurst after Richardson's death. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Burke, Bernard. (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. II (5th ed.). London: Harrison. p. 1166.
  2. 1 2 3 Page, William. (Ed.) (1908) "Parishes: East Barnet" in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 2. Originally published by Victoria County History, London. British History Online. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 Cass, Frederick Charles. (1885-92) East Barnet . London: Nichols. p. 144.
  4. ↑ Historic list of High Sheriffs of Sussex from 1086 to 1974. The West Sussex Lieutenancy. Retrieved 1 July 2016.


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