He was educated at Cambridge where he was an outstanding oarsman and boxer, and was married to his former ice skating partner Mildred "Wag" Allingham, who survived him on his death.

He took lessons from Bernard Adams, the first great British skating teacher of the International Style, and from Bror Meyer of Sweden.

After active service in World War I on the Western Front, Richardson resumed competing with his wife.

He was also instrumental in obtaining the adoption by the International Skating Union of a rule limiting a country to one judge in each event in which it has entries.

He was the definitive reporter of the sport for many years as correspondent for The Times of London and Skating World magazine.

[3] On his death in 1971, Cecilia Colledge, the great British, European and World Champion skater said of him: "He acted always for what he knew was right.