 On 6 July 1852, at St Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, Moody married Mary Susannah Hawks of the Hawks industrial dynasty, daughter of merchant banker Joseph Hawks , Sheriff of Newcastle, and Mary Boyd of the Boyd merchant banking family.Mary Hawks's maternal uncles included Admiral Benedictus Marwood Kelly and industrialist Edward Fenwick Boyd.After their marriage, Richard and Mary Moody embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe, visiting France, Switzerland, and Germany.