Person    | Male  Born 1797  Died 1885

Sir Thomas Bazley

One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.

First baronet. Manufacturer in cotton spinning industry and politician.

Born Gilnow, hear Bolton, Lancashire. Died at his summer home, Riversleigh, Lytham, Lancashire.

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Sir Thomas Bazley

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