In 1673 Richard Gildart was born to James Geldart and Elizabeth Sweeting of Middleham, Yorkshire.
On 2nd November 1697 Richard Gildart [aged 24] became a Freement of the Liverpool Corporation.
In 1707 Richard Gildart [aged 34] and Ann Johnson [aged 16] were married. They had seven sons and six daughters.
In 1714, 1731 and 1736 Richard Gildart [aged 41] was elected Mayor of Liverpool.
On 25th April 1731 [his son] Thomas Gildart was born to Richard Gildart [aged 58] and [his wife] Ann Johnson [aged 40].
In 1734 Richard Gildart [aged 61] was elected MP Liverpool which seat he held until 1754.
In 1742 [his wife] Ann Johnson [aged 51] died.
In 1752 Richard Gildart [aged 79] was a founding member of the African Company of Merchants.
Around 1752 Joseph Wright of Derby [aged 17]. Portrait of "Richard Gildart [aged 79]".
On 25th January 1770 Richard Gildart [aged 97] died.