Richard Tonson

Bray Film Studios in 2007

Richard Tonson (1717–1772) was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for Wallingford (1747–1754) and New Windsor (1768–1772).[1]

Tonson built Bray Film Studios in the 1750s.[2] He was a brother of bookseller and publisher Jacob Tonson.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "TONSON, Richard (d.1772), of Water Oakley, nr. Windsor, Berks. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  2. ^ Leyland, John (1897). The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journeying from Richmond to Oxford. ISBN 9781473321885.
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