Thomas Richardson (1771–1853)[1] was a shareholder and director of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, a partner in Robert Stephenson & Co. and a founding member of the Owners of the Middlesbrough Estate.
Thomas Richardson, a bill broker and Quaker from Stamford Hill, London, was the cousin of Edward Pease.
[2] Pease proposed the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) in 1818, and Richardson invested in the scheme, owning fifty £100 shares by 1823.
[8] Soon after opening the export of coal had become the S&DR main business, but the facilities at the port in Stockton proved inadequate.
[9] Before May 1929 Richardson had bought 500 acres (200 ha) near Port Darlington from William Chilton of Billingham, and with Joseph and Edward Pease and others he formed the Owners of the Middlesbrough Estate to develop it.