The Life of a Great Sportsman 



and none made themselves" more deservedly beloved than the 

 subject of this memoir. Everywhere he was a favourite both 

 with young and old, with men of culture, men of business, 

 agriculturists, the Norfolk fishermen and those of sporting 

 tastes. He had the qualities of a true English gentleman, and 

 very lovable ones they are, and he carried on the best 

 traditions of the old sporting world, such as have been known 

 for many a day in this our country of England. He was 

 typically English in his great loveof nature added to a keen 

 spirit of enjoyment, and in being devoid of all conceit and self- 

 sufficiency whilst very generous in his estimation of others. I 

 think we all of us felt what my husband meant when he said 

 that Mr. Richardson "rang true throughout." I should like 

 to add that no one, to my knowledge, ever heard one repre- 

 hensible word from his lips. His respect for women and 

 children was most beautiful, and as his trim and compact figure 

 might have been seen Sunday after Sunday wending its way 

 churchwards, always accompanied by that ever-constant and 

 inimitable companion, his wife, I felt that amongst the con- 

 gregation there could not have been a heart more faithful to its 

 early teaching, humbler in self-appreciation or more grateful 

 for a life rich in friendship and in home affections. 



From the Rev. Hon. Edward Lyttelton> M.A., D.D., 



Headmaster of Eton. 



"Cat" Richardson was a name familiar to me from early 

 days at home, when my elder brothers, especially Spencer, 

 used to speak of him as a fine Cambridge cricketer. But I 

 never came across him personally till we met on the Cromer 

 golf-links. He was then fifty years of age, and though only 

 a beginner he became quite a sound player in a wonderfully 

 short time. I never shall forget his boyish glee when he 



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