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Saturday, 18 May 2013
Merchants and Entrepreneurs
   Merchants and Entrepreneurs
Thomas Vernon c1670 - 1726 Alexander Pope's landlord
Francis Salvador 1747 - 1776 Jewish Martyr of the American Revolution
Robert Hammond c1487-1557 Founder of the Hampton School
Sir James Pemberton 1550 - 1613 Goldsmith
Alexander Prescott 1562/3 - 1621 Goldsmith
John West 1641 - 1723 Scrivener and, with his wife Frances, benefactor
Thomas Twining I 1675 - 1741 Tea merchant
John Archambo 1699 - 1777 Clockmaker
Moses Franks 1718 - 1789 Jewish merchant
Paul Vaillant 1713 - 1802 Bookseller and Magistrate
Robert Udney 1725 - 1802 West India merchant
John Walter 1739 - 1812 Founder proprietor of The Times newspaper
Henry George Bohn 1796 - 1884 Fine art collector, book dealer and publisher
Henry Du Pre Labouchere 1831 - 1912 Theatrical enterprises in Twickenham
Bertie Higgs 1896 - 1978 Twickenham's first flying undertaker, boxer and child actor
Sir Ratan Tata 1871 - 1918 Indian Industrialist


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