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Among the most famous names associated with Westley Richards, are those of Anson and Deeley. John Deeley, managing director of the firm was granted his first patent in 1873, followed by more than thirty patents, Gold Medals and Royal Warrants during the next twenty five years. Together with William Anson, he invented the Anson & Deeley action, still the most successful and widely used mechanism throughout the world.
In 1890, the managing directorship passed to Leslie B. Taylor who kept the firm to the forefront of the gunmaking world, both by sound management of the business and by adding no less than another forty eight patents, warrants and medals to the already impressive list.
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William Bishop - Appointed manager of the New Bond Street shops in 1815
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