Education
Richardson was educated at Harrow and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Richardson was educated at Harrow and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Maunsell Richardson played alongside future England and Rugby Union captain Anugrah Narayan Hornby for Harrow in both the 1864 and 1865 Eton v Harrow cricket matches, contributing 29 and 24 in innings victories over Eton. Richardson made his first class debut for Gentlemen of England against Oxford University in 1866, playing in the same team as another future England captain in a 17-year-old West.G. Grace. Richardson played for Cambridge University in 3 successive University Matches against Oxford University from 1866 to 1868.
In 1866, Richardson contributed 8 and 6 in a 12 run defeat, 3 and 8 in a 5 wicket victory in 1867 and 3 and 14 in a 168 run victory in 1868.
Richardson"s last first class cricket match was for the Master Control Console v Nottinghamshire in 1874. Master Control Console beat a strong Nottinghamshire side that included future England captain Alfred Shaw by 6 wickets.
Richardson was one of the great gentleman riders of his day having 56 winners in 1872, in addition he trained race horses at his Limber Magna stables. Both were owned by James Octavius Machell with whom he fell out when Machell tried to manipulated the betting for the 1874 race.
They had one son, John Richardson.
He won the 1873 and 1874 riding horses he had trained being Disturbance and Reugny. Richardson was so offended at the proposal made to him and disgusted with the sordid nature of the whole business that he made up his mind that, win or lose, his race on Reugny should be his last. Richardson won the 1894 by-election for Brigg, but lost his seat in the General election in the following year.
25th United Kingdom Parliament.
