Sir John Major, 1st Baronet
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title:
Sir John Major, 1st Baronet
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Sir John Major, 1st Baronet was a British merchant, Member of Parliament and Sheriff of Sussex. Major was born at Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and started in business there, commanding a ship in the Stockholm trade. He apparently abandoned the sea at the age of around 30, but subsequently developed a thriving iron trade becoming eventually the largest dealer in the country. He built up a considerable fortune, acquiring extensive estates in Suffolk and Sussex and other land elsewh
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British merchant and MP
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Major,_1st_Baronet
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2007-02-07T20:21:21Z
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2024-08-29T09:17:35Z
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