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Anne Richardson (1859-1942) was amongst the original five Westfield College staff.

She was born in Northern Ireland and educated at home. She attended Newnham College, Cambridge from 1881 until 1883.

She became one of the first students to attend Westfield College, where she attained a first class degree in Classics in 1886.

Richardson was then appointed as Classical Lecturer, a post which she held from 1887 until 1925. She was designated as Senior Residential Lecturer c1903.

She became Acting Principal in 1917, when Principal Agnes de Selincourt died suddenly. Richardson remained Acting Principal until 1919 when Bertha Phillpotts was appointed Principal.

From 1920 to 1928, Richardson was President of the Westfield College Association. Two of her sisters attended Westfield College; Ethel in 1889 and Mary in 1894, although neither of them successfully took a degree. Jean Richardson, another sister, married Constance Maynard's brother, George.

Richardson maintained a life-long connection to Westfield College. She died in 1941.

Papers relating to Richardson's work at Westfield, including letters and photographs, are held by the College Archives.

Anne Richardson (centre) in The Orchard rose garden, 1907. Courtesy of Queen Mary, University of London Archives.	Anne Richardson, on the steps of Westfield College, 1919. Courtesy of Queen Mary, University of London Archives.
Anne Richardson in The Orchard, c1919. Courtesy of Queen Mary, University of London Archives.	Anne Richardson: 'Lest old remembrance be forgot", c1940. Courtesy of Queen Mary, University of London Archives.