William Greener was the father of William Wellington Greener. In 1814 at the tender age of eight he was apprenticed to John Gardner on Newcastle. When finished with his apprenticeship he went to London and was fortunate enough to obtain work with John Manton & Son at 6 Dover Street but in 1829, having married his first wife Ann Thorne, he left Manton and returned to his native Newcastle where he set up business at 29 Collingwood Street and remained there until 1844. He died on the 23rd. of August, 1869. (this taken from "British Gunmakers" Vol 11 by Nigel Brown)