Richard Twining (1772-1857)

Richard Twining FRS (5 May 1772 – 14 October 1857) was a British tea merchant. He was the son of Richard Twining (1749–1824), a director of the East India Company, and the head of Twinings the London tea merchants.

Richard Twining was born on 5 May 1772 at Devereux Court, The Strand, London, and educated at Norwich Grammar School under Samuel Parr.

Twining joined his father's tea business in 1794, and worked for Twinings until five weeks before his death.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 June 1834.

Twining married Elizabeth Mary Smythies, daughter of the Rev. John Smythies, on 5 May 1802, and they had nine children, including the social reformer Louisa Twining, and the botanical illustrator Elizabeth Twining.

Twining died on 14 October 1857. He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.

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