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Maurice Thomson (1601/4-1676), of St Andrew's parish, Eastcheap, City of London and of Haversham in Buckinghamshire, was an English merchant and Puritan, said to be "England's greatest colonial merchant of his day". He obtained a monoploly of the Virginia tobacco trade. ==Origins== He was the eldest son and heir of Robert Thomson of Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, by his wife Elizabeth Harsflet, daughter of John Harsflet (''alias'' Halfehead, Harsnett) of Watton-at-Stone.〔Dictionary of National Biography, vol.56, re Thomson, George (fl.1643-1668)〕 His sister Mary Thomson married William Tucker, a merchant and one of the first plantation owners in Virginia. His younger brothers included: *Col. George Thomson(c.1607–1691), a merchant, Parliamentarian soldier and MP for Southwark. *Robert Thomson, youngest brother, a merchant. *Paul Thomson *Sir William Thomson 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maurice Thomson (died 1676)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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