Richard Weston

Richard Weston may refer to:

  • Richard de Weston, MP for Coventry 1295
  • Sir Richard Weston (treasurer) (1465–1541), English Sub-Treasurer of the Exchequer, father of Francis Weston who was associated with Anne Boleyn
  • Richard Weston (died 1572), MP for Lostwithiel, Saltash, Maldon and Lancaster between 1553 and 1555
  • Richard Weston (MP for Petersfield) (1564–1613), MP for Petersfield, 1593
  • Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (1577–1635/5), English nobleman and political figure
  • Sir Richard Weston (Royalist) (1579–1652), English judge and politician
  • Sir Richard Weston (canal builder) (1591–1652), English canal builder and agriculturalist
  • Richard Weston (died 1681) (1620–1681), English MP
  • Richard Weston (botanist) (1733–1806), English botanist
  • Richard Weston (architect) (born 1953), architect, writer and professor
  • Richard Weston (director) (born 1991), British film director

Famous quotes containing the word weston:

    Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.
    —Maria Weston Chapman (1806–1885)