Samuel Greg
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Samuel Greg (26 March 1758 – 4 June 1834) was an Irish-born industrialist and entrepreneur of the early Industrial Revolution and a pioneer of the factory system. He built Quarry Bank Mill, which at his retirement was the largest textile mill in the country. He and his wife Hannah Lightbody assumed welfare responsibilities for their employees, many of whom were children, building a model village alongside the factory.
Born in Belfast, Ireland, the second son, and one of thirteen children, born to Elizabeth (Hyde) (1721-1780) and Thomas Greg of Belfast (1718-1796). Thomas Greg, with his business partner and brother-in-law, Waddell Cunningham, commanded one of the greatest mercantile fortunes in Ireland.
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