page_title: Edward Richardson
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Richardson / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: The Lyttelton portal of the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel with construction workers in 1867.
context_page_description: Edward Richardson CMG was a New Zealand civil and mechanical engineer, and Member of Parliament. Born in England, he emigrated to Australia and continued there as a railway engineer. Having become a partner in a contracting firm, a large project caused him to move to Christchurch in New Zealand, in which country he lived for the rest of his life.
context_section_description: England
  Richardson was born in London in 1831. His parents were Elizabeth Sarah Miller and her husband Richard Richardson (a merchant). He attended the City of London School.
  Australia
  In 1852, Richardson went to Melbourne in Australia. There, he married Margaret Higgins on 13 May 1856. They had two children before Margaret died in Melbourne in 1861. In his time in Australia, Richardson was also active in the volunteer brigade and became a captain in the horse artillery.
  New Zealand
  In 1861, Richardson emigrated to New Zealand to carry out the contract of building the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel. He married Frances Mary Elizabeth Corke at Holy Trinity Avonside on 27 April 1864.
caption: Lyttelton portal of the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel with construction workers in 1867
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