William Beilby Avery

Who is William Beilby Avery?

Sir William Beilby Avery, 1st Baronet was a British philatelist who was entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921 as one of the fathers of philately, and was the senior partner in W. & T. Avery, weighing machine makers of Birmingham.

Avery was the third son of W.H. Avery and was created a baronet in 1905. He married twice, firstly to the daughter of Mr. Francis Bell, of London, from which marriage he had a son who succeeded to his title, and secondly to a daughter of M. Pierre Crets, of Paris. He maintained a house in the country at Oakley Court, Windsor, and a house in town at Portland Place, where he died.