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     • Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (/ ˈɡrɛʃəm /; c. 1519 – 21 November 1579) was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 Gresham founded the Royal Exchange in the City of London.
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   Who was Sir Thomas Gresham?

   • Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (/ ˈɡrɛʃəm /; c. 1519 – 21 November 1579) was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 Gresham founded the Royal Exchange in the City of London.

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   • Portrait of Thomas Gresham, aged approximately 41. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum. Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (/ ˈɡrɛʃəm /; c. 1519 – 21 November 1579) was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

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   • J W Burgon published the largest work, “The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Gresham” in 1839, and F R Salter a shorter work in 1925. Sir Thomas is a tough subject for biographers used to focusing on monarchs, their families and their wars. He traded in several lands and worked in several languages.

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   Where did Thomas Gresham live?

   • In spite of his London marriage, Thomas Gresham still continued to reside principally in the Low Countries. Later, in 1559 he bought a large mansion on 43 Lange Nieuwstraat, as well as a Flemish country mansion. Monarchs, such as Emperor Charles V and his son Philip II, and big trading firms, such as the Fuggers, raised funds on the Antwerp Bourse.

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   Why was Gresham important?

   • Gresham was also responsible for establishing London’s earliest science college, centuries before the foundation of the capital’s universities. The growth in trade in London, particularly the funding of voyages of exploration in the 16 century, led to an increasing number of merchants and syndicates raising finance within the City.

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   Did Thomas Gresham have a son?

   • Interestingly, one of Sir Thomas’s ships from 1570 was re-discovered in the Thames in 2003 with cannons inscribed with grasshoppers and marked ‘TG’. In 1544, Thomas Gresham married Anne Read (née Ferneley), the widow of William Read, a London merchant, who already had two sons. The Gresham’s son, Richard, was born about 1544-5.

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   Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (/ ˈ ɡ r ɛ ʃ ə m /; c. 1519 – 21 November 1579) was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

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   Sir Thomas Gresham (born 1518/19, London, England—died November 21, 1579, London) was an English merchant, financier, and founder of the Royal Exchange. An overview of the first Royal Exchange, opened by Sir Thomas Gresham in London in 1570.

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   It was largely through the efforts of Thomas Gresham that a new financial market was established in London that would eventually supersede its Continental rival, laying the foundation for the City to become the world’s foremost commercial centre.

7. www.theroyalexchange.co.uk › heritageHeritage | The Royal Exchange

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   Known as the father of English banking, wealthy merchant Sir Thomas Gresham establishes The Royal Exchange as London’s first purpose-built centre for trading stocks. It is modelled on the Bourse in Antwerp, the world’s oldest financial exchange, where Gresham had been based as a royal agent.

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   Jun 28, 2019 · The man who stood between Tudor England and financial insolvency was Thomas Gresham. Government banker to three English monarchs, founder of two of London’s most enduring...

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    Sir Thomas Gresham was a financial giant of Tudor England, and one of the most influential men of the era. He cemented his financial legacy through the founding of the first Royal Exchange in 1571.

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    Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-79) is possibly the most over-looked sixteenth century merchant and financier. Gresham served four Tudor monarchs, managed to keep his head, and all the while made money. His Will of 1575 established his most enduring legacy, Gresham College: