Richard Garrett (12 October 1755 – 20 October 1839)[1] founded Richard Garrett & Sons, the agricultural machinery manufacturing plant in Leiston in the English county of Suffolk.
Born the first of twelve children in Melton, Suffolk, Garrett married Elizabeth Newson on 1 October 1778.
When Elizabeth died in 1794, Garrett married Jemima Cottingham.
He became a bladesmith and gunsmith at a High Street forge rented from William Cracey.
His son Richard, the third to bear the name, succeeded him as works manager in 1826.