William Westley Richards

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William Westley Richards was born 24 November 1789 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 (1793-1865) on 18 Jan 1823 at Old Church in St. Pancras, London. He had three children by his second marriage, Charles, George Seale, and William.

William died between Jan-Mar 1865 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

In 1812 he established an eponymous gunmaking business in Birmingham, Westley Richards, which still exists today.

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