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Peter Thellusson

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British banker from the Republic of Geneva

Lived 1735 to 1797 · aged 62
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Peter [de] Thellusson was a Genevan businessman and banker who settled in London, and became a British subject in 1762. He amassed a fortune through commerce and, when he died in 1797, he owned more than 4,000 acres of land in England.

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Portrait of Isaac de Thellusson, Peter Thellussons father, by Hyacinthe Rigaud, c. 1722Portrait of Isaac de Thellusson, Peter Thellussons father, by Hyacinthe Rigaud, c. 1722Portrait of his mother, Madame Isaac de Thellusson, by Nicolas de Largillière, 1725Portrait of his mother, Madame Isaac de Thellusson, by Nicolas de Largillière, 1725Portrait of his daughter, Anne, by William Edward West, 1833Portrait of his daughter, Anne, by William Edward West, 1833

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Peter [de] Thellusson was a Genevan businessman and banker who settled in London, and became a British subject in 1762. He amassed a fortune through commerce and, when he died in 1797, he owned more than 4,000 acres of land in England. His descendants built the new Brodsworth Hall in South Yorkshire, which is maintained since 1988 by English Heritage.

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Lived 1735 to 1797 · aged 62
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