Person:John Thornton (60)

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John Thornton
b.1720
d.7 Nov 1790
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  • H.  John Thornton1720 - 1790
  • W.  Lucy Watson1722 - 1785
m. 28 Nov 1753
  1. Samuel Thornton1754 - 1838
  2. Jane Thornton1757 - 1818
  3. Henry Thornton1760 - 1815
  4. Robert Thornton
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Name John Thornton
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1720
Marriage 28 Nov 1753 to Lucy Watson
Death[1] 7 Nov 1790
Reference Number? Q6260749?


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John Thornton (1720–1790) was a British merchant and Christian philanthropist who became immensely wealthy through investment in the North Sea Russia trade, and as a result of his Christian faith, gave much of his money away to a huge number of good causes, in so doing becoming the greatest philanthropist of the eighteenth century. Hugely successful in business, it was said that at the time of his death in 1790, Thornton had become the second most wealthy man in Europe.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Thornton (philanthropist), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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