Overview
Richard Waddington (22 May 1838 – 26 June 1913)
was a French parliamentarian and historian, brother of William Henry (Prime Minister of France) and cousin of Professor Charles Waddington.
Family business
The Waddingtons originally hailed from Lincolnshire but became merchant bankers in London as well establishing cotton mills in Lancashire.
His father, Thomas Waddington, took control of the family business ventures in France after his brother William's death in 1821. Senator Waddington's mother was Anne, granddaughter of William Chisholm MD, son of The Chisholm (qv. Roderick Chisholm, 21st Chief of Chisholm).
Richard Waddington was a director of "Établissements Waddington fils et Cie" at Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre in Eure-et-Loir.
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