Thomas Warburton
English businessman
Thomas Warburton (1837–1909) was an English businessman. In 1870, he founded a grocery shop which became a bakery business, known today as Warburtons.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Thomas Warburton (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born 1837, died 1909.1
About
It is now the largest bakery business in the United Kingdom, owned by Jonathan, Ross and Brett Warburton, the fifth generation of the family.
From Wikipedia’s article on Thomas Warburton, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- WarburtonsFounder5
Career
Occupation: businessperson.4
- Date not recordedFounded Warburtons3
Personal life
Warburton and his wife, Ellen Platt, opened their first shop, in Bolton's Bow Street, in 1870. Assisted by Thomas' brother, George, six years later, Ellen began baking bread, shortly after which the business was renamed Warburtons the Bakers. Their nephew, Henry, delivered the bread via horse and cart.
Thomas and Ellen's daughter, Sarah, died in 1879.
Warburton died in 1909, aged 71 or 72. His wife survived him by eleven years.
From Wikipedia’s article on Thomas Warburton (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sources
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- 1WikidataThomas Warburton on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaThomas Warburton on Wikipedia
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- 5WikidataWarburtons, Founder