William Westley Richards
Deceased Person
1789 – 1865
Who was William Westley Richards?
William Westley Richards was a British firearms manufacturer.
Richards was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England to Theophilus Richards and Mary Bingham. He married his first wife, Ann Barlow in 1813. They had six children: Westley, Emma, Caroline, Edward Harding, Ellen, and Mary Anne.. William and Ann divorced before 1823.
He married his second wife, Harriett Seale on 18 January 1823 at Old Church in St. Pancras, London. He had three children by his second marriage, Charles, George Seale, and William.
William died between January and March 1865 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
In 1812 he established a gunmaking business in Birmingham, which bears his name and still exists today.
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