One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.
First baronet. Manufacturer in cotton spinning industry and politician.
Born Gilnow, hear Bolton, Lancashire. Died at his summer home, Riversleigh, Lytham, Lancashire.
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Sir Thomas Bazley
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Sir Horace Jones
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Sir Ian Mckellen
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Michael Rysbrack
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