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Charles Lennox Richardson (April 16, 1834 - September 14, 1862) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 merchant based Shanghai
Shanghai

Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....
 who was killed in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 during the Namamugi Incident
Namamugi Incident

The was a samurai assault on foreign nationals in Japan on September 14, 1862, which resulted in the August 1863 bombardment of Kagoshima, during the Late Tokugawa shogunate....
. His name is also spelled as “Charles Lenox Richardson”.

Richardson was born in London
London

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 in 1834. He relocated to Shanghai in 1853 to seek his fortune in the China trade.






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Charles Lennox Richardson (April 16, 1834 - September 14, 1862) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 merchant based Shanghai
Shanghai

Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....
 who was killed in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 during the Namamugi Incident
Namamugi Incident

The was a samurai assault on foreign nationals in Japan on September 14, 1862, which resulted in the August 1863 bombardment of Kagoshima, during the Late Tokugawa shogunate....
. His name is also spelled as “Charles Lenox Richardson”.

Richardson was born in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in 1834. He relocated to Shanghai in 1853 to seek his fortune in the China trade. In 1862, Richardson announced his retirement from the world of business, and was en route back to England when he stopped over at the treaty port of Yokohama
Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....
 in 1862 at the invitation of fellow merchant Woodthope Charles Clark. Together with Clark, fellow merchant William Marshall, and Margaret Watson Borradail, the party of four departed on a sightseeing wide to nearby Kanagawa town and the temple of Kawasaki Daishi
Kawasaki Daishi

is the informal name of in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. Founded in 1128, it is the headquarters of the Chisan-ha of Shingon Buddhism. Kawasaki Daishi is a popular temple for hatsumode ....
. While on the Tokaido
Tokaido (road)

The was the most important of the Edo_Five_Routes of the Edo period, connecting Edo to Kyoto in Japan. Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendo, the Tokaido travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshu, hence the route's name....
 road through the village of Namamugi (now part of Tsurumi ward
Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama

is one of the Wards of Japan of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It includes the former village of Namamugi, site of the Namamugi Incident of 1862....
, Yokohama
Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....
), his party encountered the retinue of Satsuma regent Shimazu Hisamitsu
Shimazu Hisamitsu

Prince ' , also known as ', was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. The younger brother of Shimazu Nariakira, Hisamitsu served as regent for his underage son Tadayoshi , who became the 12th and last lord....
 heading in the opposite direction, and pulled off to the side to let the retinue pass. However, they refused to dismount as ordered to, and as was customary practice in Japan, and the enraged Satsuma samurai interpreted this as a lack of respect and attacked, in what later came to be known as the Namamugi Incident
Namamugi Incident

The was a samurai assault on foreign nationals in Japan on September 14, 1862, which resulted in the August 1863 bombardment of Kagoshima, during the Late Tokugawa shogunate....
. Richardson's death sparked the Anglo-Satsuma War of the followed year.

Richardson’s grave is at the Yokohama Foreign Cemetery.

See also

  • Namamugi Incident
    Namamugi Incident

    The was a samurai assault on foreign nationals in Japan on September 14, 1862, which resulted in the August 1863 bombardment of Kagoshima, during the Late Tokugawa shogunate....
  • Anglo-Satsuma War
  • Anglo-Japanese relations
    Anglo-Japanese relations

    This page describes the history of the relationship between the United Kingdom and Japan. This began in 1600 with the arrival of William Adams on the shores of Kyushu at Usuki, Oita in Oita Prefecture....


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