Thomas Saywell
Thomas Saywell (1837–1928) was an English-born tobacco manufacturer, property developer, mine owner, and business person in New South Wales, Australia. He is particularly associated with the Sydney suburb of Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales, Brighton-le-Sands and the coal mines of Lithgow, New South Wales, Lithgow and the Coastal coal-carrying trade of New South Wales#Southern Coalfields — Illawarra Region, Southern Coalfields. He holds the dubious distinction of manufacturing the first Australian-made cigarettes. Early life Family background and early life The Saywell family name was originally Seyuille, at the time when their Huguenot ancestors fled to England in 1604. The family had been lacemakers in France and Flanders. Eventually settling in Nottingham, they pursued lace-making there. Thomas Richard Saywell was born on 20 February 1837, in Radford, Nottingham. His mother died while he was an infant and his father remarried. Thomas Saywell's father, George, was ...
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