John Tomlinson BRUNNER

Background

BRUNNER, John Tomlinson was born in 1842 in Everton, Liverpool. Son of Reverend John Brunner, of Canton Zurich, Switzerland, schoolmaster at Everton.

Education

Studied at his father’s school. Doctor of Laws (Honorary).

Career

Entered mercantile life at Liverpool, 1857. Served John Hutchinson and Company, alkali manufacturers of Widnes, 1801-1872. In company with Ludwig Mond, Fellow of the Royal Society, he established (1873) the Alkali Works at Northwich, which became the largest in the world.

Presented Northwich with a public library. Runcorn and Winsford with Guildhalls for the use of Trade Unions, Friendly and other Societies. Benefactor to Liverpool University, Witton Grammar School, and several public libraries.

Member of Royal Commission for Paris Exhibition, 1000. Of Royal Commission on Canals and Waterways, 1006. Member of Civil List Committee, 1001.

Vice president Cheshire Football Association. Pablications: Handbooks on Public Education in Cheshire, 1891 and 1806. Eight Hours Question.

Chairman, Brunner, Mond and Company, Ltd., alkali manufacturers. 1st Baronet, cartulary-register 1895; D.L.; Member of Parliament Northwich, 1885-1886, and 1887-1909; P.C. 1906; and Pro-Chancellor Liverpool University, 1909; a Hibbert Trustee.

Membership

Clubs: Reform, National Liberal, Ranelagli.

Interests

• Sunningdale, Mitcham, Cannes, and other Golf Clubs.

Connections

Heir: John Fowler Lcece Brunner.

Father:

John Brunner

heir:

John Fowler Lcece Brunner