Hugh Myddelton

Welsh businessman, civil engineer and politician Date Of Birth : 1560-01-01T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1631-12-10T00:00:00Z

Sir Hugh Myddelton (or Middleton), 1st Baronet (1560 – 10 December 1631) was a Welsh clothmaker, entrepreneur, mine-owner, goldsmith, banker and self-taught engineer. The spelling of his name is inconsistently reproduced, but Myddelton appears to be the earliest, and most consistently used in place names associated with him.

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