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{{Infobox military person
| name =George Richardson
| image =Gen. Sir Geo. Richardson.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date =20 September 1847
| death_date ={{death-date and age|9 April 1931|20 September 1847}}
| placeofburial_label =
| placeofburial =
| birth_place =[[British India]]
| death_place =[[Hartley Wintney]], Hampshire, England
| placeofburial_coordinates = 
| nickname =
| allegiance ={{UK}}
| branch =[[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]] {{army|British India|23px}}
| serviceyears = 1866 – 1914
| rank =[[Lieutenant-General (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]]
| unit =[[Ulster Volunteers|Ulster Volunteer Force]]
| commands =[[18th King George's Own Lancers]] (1892–1898) Agra Brigade (1903) Poona Division (1904-08) [[Ulster Volunteers|Ulster Volunteer Force]] (1913)
| battles =[[Second Boer War]] [[Boxer Rebellion]] [[Larne gun-running]]
| awards =[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] [[Companion of the Order of the Star of India]] [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
| relations =
| laterwork =
}}
[[Lieutenant General]] '''Sir George Lloyd Reilly Richardson''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCB|CSI|CIE}} (20 September 1847 – 9 April 1931) was an officer in the [[British Indian Army]] from 1866 to 1909. He served across South East Asia, becoming a veteran of the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] and [[Boxer Rebellion]], and later as commander of the [[Ulster Volunteers|Ulster Volunteer Force]] in [[Ireland]].<ref name="Bardon2005p439"/>

==Biography==
[[File:Sir George Richardson 5125515131 80471d7fb4 o.jpg|thumb|left|Richardson on horseback]]
Born in 1847, Richardson was the son of Major General [[Joseph Fletcher Richardson]]<ref name="kingscollege"/> and his wife, Mary Hannah Reilly.<ref name="birth">''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947''</ref>

He joined the [[38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot]] as a [[second-lieutenant]] on 23 March 1866 and took part in the [[Hazara, Pakistan|Hazara]] expedition in 1868. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 5 March 1869 and transferred to the [[British Indian Army]], where he was attached to the [[18th King George's Own Lancers]] in 1871. Promoted to [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] on 30 January 1878, he fought in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] between 1879 and 1880 and took part in the [[Waziristan|Waziri]] expedition in 1881. He was promoted to [[Major (British Army and Royal Marines)|major]] on 2 March 1881. He joined in the [[Zhob]] Valley Field Force in 1890 and following promotion to [[Lieutenant colonel (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant-colonel]] on 23 March 1892, he served as commanding officer of the 18th King George's Own Lancers between 1892 and 1898. He was promoted to [[Colonel (British Army)|colonel]] on 23 March 1896, served with the [[Flying Column]] in [[Kurram Valley]] between 1897 and 1898 and then took part in the Tirah expedition.<ref name=Hart>Hart′s Army list, 1903</ref> In early 1900 he acted as Colonel on the Staff at [[Rawalpindi]],<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times | title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=5 February 1900 |page=11 |issue=36057}}</ref> a position he was officially appointed to on 21 February 1900.<ref>Hart′s Army list, 1901</ref> From April to July 1900 he acted as Colonel on the Staff at [[Delhi]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27469 |date=29 August 1902 |page=5611}}</ref> then fought with the [[Cavalry]] Brigade in China between 1900 and 1901, where he led the final assault on [[Peking]] during the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. In late 1902 he commanded a brigade at [[Shanghai]], with the temporary rank of [[Major-General (British Army)|major-general]].<ref name=Hart /> He became commander of the [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] Contingent in 1902 and of the [[Agra]] Brigade in 1903 and then became General Officer Commanding [[Poona]] Division in 1904. He retired from the Indian Army in 1909.<ref name="kingscollege"/>

He was appointed Colonel of the [[18th King George's Own Lancers]] from 1 January 1906 until 1921, then the [[19th King George's Own Lancers]] from 1921 until his death.<ref>History of the [[19th King George's Own Lancers]] by General Sir H. Hudson</ref>

Richardson's military career however did not end with retirement from the Indian army. In 1913 he agreed to command the then newly formed Ulster Volunteer Force, created to fight Irish [[Home rule]], and oversaw the [[Larne gun-running]].<ref name="guten"/> Richardson died in 1931.

==Honours==
*'''CIE''': [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] - ''1893''
*'''CSI''': [[Order of the Star of India|Companion of the Order of the Star of India]] - ''24 July 1901'' - in recognition of services during the campaign in China ([[Boxer Rebellion]])<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27337 |date=24 July 1901 |page=4917 |supp=y}}</ref>
*'''KCB''': [[Order of the Bath|Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] - ''[[1909 Birthday Honours|1909]]'' (Companion (CB) 1898)

==See also==
*[[Ulster Volunteers]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2|
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<ref name="Bardon2005p439">Bardon, Jonathan: ''A History of Ulster'', page 439. The Black Staff Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-85640-764-X}}</ref>
<ref name="guten">[http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14326/pg14326.txt The Project Gutenberg eBook, Ulster's Stand for Union, by Ronald McNeill]</ref>
<ref name="kingscollege">[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/RICHARDSON6.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London, University of London - Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975]</ref>
}}

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