Thomas Hazlehurst | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Thomas_Hazlehurst.jpg) Thomas Hazlehurst | |
| Born | 17 April 1816 Runcorn, Cheshire, England |
| Died | 14 July 1876 Runcorn |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Chemical manufacturer, chapel builder |
| Spouse(s) | Eliza Howard, Ann Wall |
| Children | Mary, Howard, Thomas Alfred, George Steward |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Hazlehurst, Mary Greenwood |
Thomas Hazlehurst (17 April 1816 – 14 July 1876) was known nationally as "the Chapel Builder" and more locally as "the Prince of Methodism" or "the Prince of the Wesleyans". [1] He was given these titles because of his generosity in paying wholly or largely for the building of some 12 chapels and three schools in the area of Runcorn, Widnes and the villages in north Cheshire. His father, also called Thomas, had founded a profitable soap and alkali manufacturing business, Hazlehurst & Sons, in Runcorn in 1816.[2]
- ^ Vardy, Peter I. (2005), "Thomas Hazlehurst and his family: Methodism and the Early Chemical Industry in Runcorn in the Nineteenth Century", Cheshire History, 45: 67–82, ISSN 0141-8696.
- ^ Starkey 1990, p. 100.