Thomas Fludyer

Sir Thomas Fludyer (1711 – 19 March 1769) was an English merchant and banker who was a Whig Member of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1767–9.

Biography Fludyer was the second son of Samuel Fludyer, a London clothier originally from Frome, Somerset, and Elizabeth de Montsalier, daughter of a Huguenot refugee. Sir Samuel Fludyer, 1st Baronet was his elder brother. He was a first cousin once removed of Samuel Romilly, whose grandfather had married Judith de Montsalier. He was by upbringing a religious dissenter.

In 1734, Fludyer was accepted into the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers. In 1738, he was a junior partner in his brother's firm, which grew to dominate the wool market in London if not all of England.

He was knighted on 9 November 1761 at a reception for George III at Guildhall, London, during his brother's term as Lord Mayor.

Personal life

On 27 March 1742, Fludyer married Mary, daughter of Sir George Champion. They had one daughter, Mary, who married Trevor Roper, 18th Baron Dacre, grandson of Henry Roper, 8th Baron Teynham.

Fludyer was seated in Lee, Kent. He resided in Lee House and in 1768 inherited Dacre House from his brother.

At the time of his death in Lee, Kent, Fludyer held nearly £30,000 of government stock .