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Thomas Pleasants (1729-1818) was a notable merchant, property developer and philanthropist in Dublin, Ireland, after whom Pleasants Street in Dublin is named. ==Life== Pleasants was born in County Carlow in 1729, son of William Pleasants and his wife Grace Edwards. His grandfather was Thomas Pleasants, alderman of Dublin.〔(Thomas Pleasants )〕 His grandfather had leased a large piece of land near Capel St. from Dublin Corporation, which Pleasants inherited some time after his grandfather's death in 1729. His initial income derived from this property, though he also had dealings with his cousins the Pasleys, who were wine merchants at 9 Abbey St.〔 He married in 1787 Mildred Daunt, second daughter of George Daunt, surgeon in Mercer's Hospital.〔O'Donovan, Life by the Liffey. Dublin, 1986, p. 53〕 He and his wife (died 1814) were buried in the churchyard of St. Bride's Church.〔(St. Bride's Cemetery )〕 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「Thomas Pleasants」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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