Sir John Lethieullier (1633, London – 4 January 1719,

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) was a British merchant and businessman descended from

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s from the

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. His parents were John le Thieullier and Jane de la Forterie or Delafort, born in

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and

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respectively. He was the eldest of their three sons. His father had moved to England in 1605. He settled initially in Ilford and then in

. He began by buying English textiles from East Anglia and the west of England with his business partner Charles Marescoe (husband to John's sister Leonora), superintending their dyeing and finishing and then exporting them to the

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and southern Europe. He soon diversified and by 1669 was exporting tin and lead to

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and

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as well as importing Portuguese sugar and Dutch iron. He became sheriff of London in 1675 and in 1693 bought

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in what is now east London. He is buried in the churchyard of St Alfege Church in Greenwich. He married Anne Hooker at

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on 18 May 1659. Their son John was the father of the antiquarian

Smart Lethieullier Smart Lethieullier (3 November 1701 – 27 August 1760) was an English antiquary. Early life and education Lethieullier was born on 3 November 1701 at Aldersbrook Manor House, Little Ilford, Essex. His family was of Spanish Netherlands Huguenot o ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lethieullier, John English knights 1633 births 1719 deaths English people of Belgian descent Sheriffs of the City of London 17th-century English businesspeople 18th-century English businesspeople