About Thomas Eldred
Lived 1561 – 1624 (aged 62–63). Thomas Eldred was a businessperson.
Thomas Eldred (1561–1624) was an English merchant and mariner. He is notable for having sailed with Thomas Cavendish on the ship Desire, during the second English circumnavigation of the globe between 1586 and 1588.
He was buried in the churchyard of St Clement's Church.
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Who was Thomas Eldred?
English merchant
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Thomas Eldred was born in 1561.
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Thomas Eldred died in 1624.
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Thomas Eldred was a businessperson.
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