Alexander Richardson (MP)

Sir Alexander Richardson (27 March 1864 – 30 March 1928) was Conservative MP for Gravesend.^[1]

Before becoming an MP, he was a journalist and editor who specialised in engineering subjects. He was a long-time editor of Engineering magazine. He also wrote numerous historical works about engineering and engineering firm histories.

He was first elected at a by-election in 1918 during the war, was re-elected in the general elections of 1918 and 1922, but lost the seat to Labour in 1923. He was knighted in 1922.

Sources

1. 'RICHARDSON, Sir Alexander', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 22 May 2017

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Gilbert Parker	Member of Parliament for Gravesend 1918–1923	Succeeded by George Isaacs