# Thomas Grantham

> Sir Thomas Grantham was an English merchant and naval officer. In 1664, Grantham was working as a merchant, shipping woollen goods to the English colony of Virginia. Eight years later, he informed Charles II of England that Virginia lacked sufficient weapons and ammunition for self-defence and volunteered his services to that effect. Grantham subsequently arrived in Virginia with a shipment of leather goods and letter of recommendation from Duke of York. Governor Sir William Berkeley received Grantham "with several marks of friendship and esteem" and appointed him admiral of a flotilla of 25 merchantmen which he convoyed back to England in summer 1673. In 1674, as captain of Barnaby, Grantham escorted the London tobacco fleet to Virginia, becoming a prominent tobacco trader and "master of Virginia's waters and an expert on their defenses".

*English tobacco trader and commander of the naval fleet of the British East India Company*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Business Professional
- **Category:** Business Professionals
- **Born:** 1641
- **Died:** 1718
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Sir Thomas Grantham was an English merchant and naval officer. In 1664, Grantham was working as a merchant, shipping woollen goods to the English colony of Virginia. Eight years later, he informed Charles II of England that Virginia lacked sufficient weapons and ammunition for self-defence and volunteered his services to that effect. Grantham subsequently arrived in Virginia with a shipment of leather goods and letter of recommendation from Duke of York. Governor Sir William Berkeley received Grantham "with several marks of friendship and esteem" and appointed him admiral of a flotilla of 25 merchantmen which he convoyed back to England in summer 1673. In 1674, as captain of Barnaby, Grantham escorted the London tobacco fleet to Virginia, becoming a prominent tobacco trader and "master of Virginia's waters and an expert on their defenses".

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 27.8

## Sources
- [Thomas Grantham (merchant)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Grantham_(merchant))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7790139)

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