Career
Richard Twining Federal Reserve System (5 May 1772 – 14 October 1857) was a British tea merchant. 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 Review 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.
