Albion Richardson

Sir Albion Henry Herbert Richardson CBE MP (2 October 1874 – 7 July 1950) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.

[1][2] The son of James Henry Richardson of Hendon, he was privately educated in France and Germany.

[1][2] During the First World War Richardson was appointed to a number of committees: he was chairman of the Appeal Tribunal for the County of London, and served on the Committee on the Employment of Aliens in Government Offices with Lord Justice Sir John Eldon Bankes and James Craig.

[1][2] In 1919 he was appointed by the Home Secretary to examine allegations of abuse of conscientious objectors by the Governor of Wandsworth Prison.

[2][4] He died at his London home in July 1950 aged 75, and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.