Thom's Irish Who's Who/Richardson, James Nicholson

RICHARDSON, James Nicholson, J.P. Co. Armagh; was M.P., for Co. Armagh, 1880-85; Chairman of Bessbrook Spinning Co,; Member of Armagh Grand Jury. Educ.: Tottenham: spent earlier years assisting father and uncles in linen business of Ulster, in which the family has been engaged from father to son for 150 years. Pubns.: The Qualiers at Lurgan and Grange; O'Neill of Mourne; Concerning Servants. Recns.: riding, golf, water-colour sketching; eldest son of late John G. Richardson, of Movallen, Co. Armagh; b. 1846; m. 1st, 1867, Sophia, dau. of William Malcomson, of Portlaw, Co. Waterford; 2nd, 1893, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Alexander Bell, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh. Res.: Mount Caulfield, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh. Reform Club, London.