George Benjamin Thorneycroft

Wealthy industrialist George Benjamin Thorneycroft was a successful ironmaster and Tory supporter who became the first Mayor of Wolverhampton, after the Borough was incorporated, in 1848.

Thorneycroft was born in Tipton onAugust 1791, where his parents ran the Three Furnaces public house. He married Eleanor Page of Moxley and lived with his family at Chapel Ash House , Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton. The house now bears a commemorative blue plaque.

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