About Thomas de la Rue
Lived 1793 – 1866 (aged 73). Thomas de la Rue was a British printer.
Thomas de la Rue (24 March 1793 – 7 June 1866) was a printer from Guernsey who founded De La Rue plc, a printing company which is now the world's largest commercial security printer and papermaker.
Biography Born on Le Bourg, Forest, Guernsey to Rachel Allez and Eleazar de la Rue. Thomas was the seventh of their nine children. Thomas de la Rue was apprenticed to a master-printer, Joseph Antoine Chevalier in Saint Peter Port in 1803.
In 1816 he left Guernsey, for London, where he initially established a business making straw hats. By 1837 his wife, his two sons William Frederick and Warren De la Rue and his eldest daughter were involved in the business.
Family He married Jane Warren (17 June 1789 – 22 September 1858) on 21 March 1816.
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Who was Thomas de la Rue?
Printer from Guernsey
When was Thomas de la Rue born?
Thomas de la Rue was born on 24 March 1793 in Forest.
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Thomas de la Rue died on 7 June 1866 in Kensington.
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Thomas de la Rue was a printer.
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Thomas de la Rue was British.
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