On 15th October 1840 [his father] Joseph Causton [aged 25] and [his mother] Mary Anne Porter [aged 27] were married.
On 25th September 1843 Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark was born to Joseph Causton [aged 28] and Mary Anne Porter [aged 30].
On 27th May 1871 [his father] Joseph Causton [aged 56] died.
On 10th August 1871 Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark [aged 27] and Selina Mary Chambers Baroness Southwark [aged 19] were married at St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, Marylebone.
In 1877 Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark [aged 33] was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.
On 31st March 1880 Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark [aged 36] was elected MP Colchester which seat he held until 24th November 1885.
On 17th February 1888 Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark [aged 44] was elected MP Southwark West in a by-election which seat he held until 15th January 1910.
In 1892 Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark [aged 48] served as Junior Lord of the Treasury which office he held until 1895.
In 1892 [his mother] Mary Anne Porter [aged 79] died.
The London Gazette 27865. Privy Council Office, December 18, 1905.
This day, in the presence of the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Richard Knight Causton [aged 62], M.P., was sworn His Majesty's Paymaster-General.
The London Gazette 27873. At the Court at BucKingham Palace, the 8th day of January, 1906.
PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
This day the Right Honourable Cecil George Savile, Earl of Liverpool; the Right Honourable Osbert Cecil [aged 34], Earl of Sefton; the Right Honourable William [aged 33], Earl Beauchamp, K.C.M.G.; Richard Knight Causton [aged 62], Esquire, M.P.; Thomas Shaw, Esquire, K.C.; Thomas Burt, Esquire, M.P., and Sir Balthazar Walter Foster [aged 65], M.P., were, by His Majesty's command, respectively sworn of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their places at the Board accordingly.
W. FitzRoy.
The London Gazette 28398. Whitehall, July 21, 1910.
The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon the undermentioned gentlemen, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten:—
The Right Honourable Richard Knight Causton [aged 66], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Southwark of Southwark in the County of London. [Note. [his wife] Selina Mary Chambers Baroness Southwark [aged 58] by marriage Baroness Southwark of Southwark in London.]
The Right Honourable Sir Balthazar Walter Foster [aged 70], Knight, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Ilkeston of Ilkeston in the County of Derby.
The Right Honourable Sir Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Devonport of Wittington in the County of BucKingham.
Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Cowdray of Midhurst in the County of Sussex.
Sir William Henry Holland [aged 60], Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Rotherham, of Broughton in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Sir Christopher Furness [aged 58], Knight, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of York. [Note. Jane Annette Suggitt Baroness Furness by marriage Baroness Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.]
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Willingdon of Ratton in the County of Sussex.
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In 1913 Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark [aged 69] was President of the London Chamber of Commerce.
In 1921 Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark [aged 77] was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.
On 23rd February 1929 Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark [aged 85] died at 12 Devonshire Place, Marylebone. Baron Southwark of Southwark in London extinct. His estate probated in the London Registry at £21282 12s 2d.
In 1932 [his former wife] Selina Mary Chambers Baroness Southwark [aged 80] died.
father: Joseph Causton
Richard Knight Causton 1st Baron Southwark
Grandfather: Edward Porter
mother: Mary Anne Porter