Thomas Warburton (businessman)

English businessman

Thomas Warburton

Born| 1837

Bury, Lancashire, England

Died| 1909(1909-00-00) (aged 71–72)
Nationality| English
Occupation| Businessman
Known for| founding Warburtons
Spouse| Ellen Platt

Thomas Warburton (1837–1909) was an English businessman. In 1870, he founded a grocery shop which became a bakery business, known today as Warburtons. It is now the largest bakery business in the United Kingdom, owned by Jonathan, Ross and Brett Warburton, the fifth generation of the family.[1]

## Personal life

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Warburton and his wife, Ellen Platt, opened their first shop, in Bolton's Bow Street, in 1870. Assisted by Thomas' brother, George,[2] six years later, Ellen began baking bread, shortly after which the business was renamed Warburtons the Bakers.[1] Their nephew, Henry, delivered the bread via horse and cart.[3]

Thomas and Ellen's daughter, Sarah, died in 1879.[4]

Warburton died in 1909, aged 71 or 72. His wife survived him by eleven years.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Our Family Business | British Bakery". Warburtons. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
2. ^ Cooke 2017-04-01T00:00:00+01:00, Alice. "Born and Bread: Warburtons, Bolton". British Baker. Retrieved 2023-01-11.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ^ Mottershead, Barbara (2003). Food Technology. p. 86\. ISBN 9780435412180.
4. ^ Kay, Emma (2020). A History of British Baking: From Blood Bread to Bake-Off. Pen & Sword Books. p. 123\. ISBN 9781526757517.
5. ^ Bolton Museums and Archive Service