Thomas de la Rue

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Thomas De La Rue (24 March 1793 - 7 June 1866) was a printer from Guernsey who, from modest beginnings, founded a printing company which is now, 200 years later, the world's largest commercial security printer and papermaker.

The Guernsey Post Office has issued two sets postage stamps commemorating his life and achievements, in 1971 and 1993.

There is a pub in the Pollet, St Peter Port, Guernsey named Thomas de la Rue.

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[edit] References

  • Houseman, Lorna, The House That Thomas Built: the Story of De La Rue, Chatto & Windus (1968)
  • Marr, L James, Guernsey People, Phillimore (1984)


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