Thomas Aldersey

Thomas Aldersey, by Robert Peake the Elder (1588)

Thomas Aldersey (1521/22 – December 1598;[1] also Aldersay[2] or Aldersaye[3]) was an English merchant, haberdasher, member of Parliament and philanthropist. A contemporary description placed him among the "wisest and best merchants in London",[4] and he was particularly known for his efforts to set the Protestant colony of Emden on a secure trade footing. His charitable works included the establishment of a free grammar school at his birthplace of Bunbury in Cheshire.

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  2. ^ Lake 1983, pp. 81–86
  3. ^ Cheshire Federation of Women's Institutes 1990, pp. 44–45
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