Henry Richardson
From Graces Guide
c.1792 Born in Pendoyllne, Glamorgan
1830 Henry Richardson of Bala invented the tubular lifeboat, having had the idea from observation of a wreck at Weymouth, and an examination of Blanchard's cylindrical air pontoon as used by the Royal Engineers in bridges and rafts[1]
1831 Three of his boats were built
1851 High Sheriff for Merioneth, and Land Proprietor; living in Bala with Caroline Richardson 49, and Henry Thomas Richardson, magistrate, 24[2]
1861 Henry and Caroline Richardson lived in Bala[3]
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