Online Encyclopedia

SIR THOMAS JOHNSON (1664-1729)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 472 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:
SIR THOMAS JOHNSON (1664-1729)  ,
See also:
English merchant, was born in Liverpool in November 1664 . He succeeded his
See also:
father in 1689 as
See also:
bailiff and in 1695 as mayor . From 1701 to 1723 he represented Liverpool in parliament, and he was knighted by Queen Anne in 1708 . He effected the separation of Liverpool from the parish of Walton-on-the-Hill; from'the
See also:
Crown he obtained the grant to the corporation of the site of the old castle where he planned the
See also:
town market; while the construction of the first floating
See also:
dock (1708) and the
See also:
building of St Peter's and St George's churches were due in
See also:
great measure to his efforts . He was interested in the
See also:
tobacco trade; in 1715 he conveyed 130 Jacobite prisoners to the
See also:
American plantations . In 1723, having lost in
See also:
speculation the fortune which he had inherited from his father, he went himself to Virginia as
See also:
collector of customs on the Rappahannock
See also:
river . He died in
See also:
Jamaica in 1729 . A Liverpool street is named
See also:
Sir Thomas Buildings after him .

End of Article: SIR THOMAS JOHNSON (1664-1729)
[back]
SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784)
[next]
SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON (1715–1774)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.