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Samuel Greg
Samuel Greg was an English businessman at the start of the Industrial Revolution and a pioneer of the factory system. He built the Quarry Bank Factory, which when he retired was the largest textile factory in the country. He and his wife Hannah Greg take responsibility for the welfare of their employees, many of whom are children, building a model village next to the factory. At the same time, Greg inherited and operated a slave plantation in the West Indies.
Born26 March 1758, Belfast, Ireland
Died4 June 1834, Styal, Cheshire
Alma materHarrow School
OccupationIndustrialist, Pioneer of the factory system
Known forQuarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire
Spouse(s)Hannah Lightbody
ChildrenRobert Hyde Greg, John Greg, Samuel Greg Jr, William Rathbone Greg, Elizabeth Greg Rathbone

About Samuel Greg

Entrepreneur Samuel Greg was born on March 26, 1758 in Northern Ireland (He dies at the age of 76, on June 4, 1834).

This English entrepreneur and proprietor of the Quarry Bank Mill textile enterprise in the late 18th and early 19th centuries was one of the first factory owners to implement the industrial use of steam power and the water wheel.

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Samuel Greg before becoming famous

Samuel Greg was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1758 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and moved to England with his wealthy merchant uncle, Robert Hyde, when he was eight years old. In the 1780s, Greg took over the Quarry Bank Mill.

Achievement of Samuel Greg

He left the textile business in the early 1830s after sustaining a near-fatal injury in a run-in with a deer on the grounds of his factory.

Samuel Greg's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

His marriage to fellow Unitarian Hannah Lightbody produced thirteen children in total.

Samuel Greg Collabed with

He was a contemporary of Entrepreneur Samuel Crompton, the creator of the spinning mule and a fellow textiles entrepreneur.

Samuel Greg Income & Net worth

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Samuel Greg Height and Weight

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Latest information about Samuel Greg updated on March 23 2023.