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Feb 08, 1842 Everton, England, United Kingdom Died on 01 Jul 1919 (aged 77)

British industrialist and politician

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About Sir John Brunner 1st Baronet

  • Sir John Tomlinson Brunner, 1st Baronet, (8 February 1842 – 1 July 1919) was a British chemical industrialist and Liberal Party politician.
  • At Hutchinson's alkali works in Widnes he rose to the position of general manager.
  • There he met Ludwig Mond, with whom he later formed a partnership to create the chemical company Brunner Mond & Co., initially making alkali by the Solvay process.
  • As a Member of Parliament he represented Northwich, Cheshire, in 1885–1886 and then from 1887–1910.
  • He was a paternalistic employer and as a politician supported Irish Home Rule, trade unions, free trade, welfare reforms and, leading up to the First World War, a more sympathetic stance towards Germany.
  • Brunner was a prominent Freemason, and a generous benefactor to the towns in his constituency and to the University of Liverpool.
  • He is the great grandfather of the Duchess of Kent.

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