Talk:Legh Richmond

George Brannon
Have incorporated the fact that Annals of the Poor was illustrated (as a supplement) by George Brannon following Richmond’s death. George Brannon was a very prolific engraver and publisher based on the island, and he really needs his own entry. This list of published works demonstrates just how prolific he was:

http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ABrannon%2C+George.&qt=hot_author

There is a short bio of Brannon here:

http://www.islandeye.co.uk/people/brannon-george/

I will turn my hand to creating a George Brannon page in a few weeks, if nobody else has managed to do so in the meantime.Alrewas (talk) 14:23, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Wight
Have linked this article to WikiProject Wight, as Legh Richmond is a prominent figure in the island's history. Just that he was the vicar of Brading Parish Church is sufficient to place him within the scope of WikiProject Wight, even if he hadn't written Annals of the Poor which is about the poor of the island. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alrewas (talk • contribs) 19:22, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Portraits
There is a portrait of Rev. Legh Richmond on display in Lyme Hall, Cheshire. During a visit on 2016-10-10, I took a photograph of it. DFH (talk) 07:27, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Here's a link to an image of the painting found via the National Trust Collections. DFH (talk) 12:32, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

A different portrait of Richmond has been uploaded by David Martin to the Legh Richmond page on the Find A Grave website. This is from an 1833 engraving by William Finden, as detailed in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
 * DFH (talk) 14:12, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Family
A few notes potentially useful for further additions to the main article: Culled from searches of Amazon, etc. DFH (talk) 17:45, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * On 22 July 1797 he was married to Mary, daughter of James William Chambers of Bath. Eight children survived him. There are memorials of all of them in Turvey church.
 * They had twelve children of which eight survived him. In 1821, one son died in infancy.
 * Legh was so influenced by William Wilberforce that he named his second son after him.
 * There's a biography of Wilberforce Richmond (1848) by Edward Bickersteth.
 * In 1850, Thomas Fry edited the Memoir of Wilberforce Richmond, Second Son of the Rev Legh Richmond, Rector of Turvey, Bedfordshire, England : Drawn Chiefly from "Domestic Portraiture; Or, the Successful Application of Religious Principle in the Education of a Family, Exemplified in the Memoirs of Three of the Deceased Children of the REV. Legh Richmond" (1833) which was also edited by Fry.
 * The Rev. Legh Richmond's Letters and Counsels to His Children, edited by his daughter Fanny Richmond.
 * Wright, Thomas and Munby, G. F. W, Turvey & The Mordaunts, With Some Account Of Legh Richmond And His Connection With Turvey (1893). This book concludes with a biography of Richmond.


 * These are very interesting and useful, but they will all need sources to be used; many thanks for making a start though. Naturenet | Talk 16:01, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * That's why they are here in the talk page, rather than the main article. Had a bit of a 'roll' after seeing his portrait a few days ago. I hope others will be able to pick up the baton. DFH (talk) 14:37, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

All 12 children are now identified. Further details should be added, in some cases. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:36, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * There's the possibility of another one: Anne Stead, who died at infancy in 1819. That epitaph has also been attributed to Coleridge (did Legh borrow it?)- but doesn't appear to be extant in the works of STC.--Lmstearn (talk) 12:59, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Elegy
The following item was also found in WorldCat:
 * Daniell, Edward, An elegy on the death of the Rev. Legh Richmond, Newport Pagnell : W. Rose, 1827.
 * DFH (talk) 14:28, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Cambridge Tripos verses
This may be of interest, but it would require further digging to identify exactly what it is:
 * Cum vincamur in omni munere, sola deos æquat clementia nobis., Legh Richmond, University of Cambridge, 1790, Cambridge, Tripos verses.
 * DFH (talk) 14:44, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Letters
While the books an author published are typically salient information in a biography here, individual letters are typically not. Clearly extant letters do help show up someone's network of contacts; but it is better if that information is presented in a boiled-down form.

So I think the current letters section should be moved towards an "associations" section. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:40, 5 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Agreed, a good point. Do go ahead. Naturenet | Talk 13:45, 5 March 2017 (UTC)