Career
He represented Niagara (town) in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1834 to 1841 as a Conservative. He was the son of Doctor Robert Richardson and Madeleine Askin. He studied law with John Beverley Robinson.
Richardson was married twice: to Elizabeth Euretta Clench, the daughter of Ralfe Clench, and to Jane Clarke.
He was a lieutenant in the militia and clerk of the peace for the Niagara District. In 1832 he had a summer home built in Niagara on the lake.
The mansion is still present today, and is currently a 12 room hotel under the name of The Charles Hotel.
