COTRUGLI Business Museum

Museum / Lives / Thomas Hammond

No. 2273

Thomas Hammond

1630-1681Merchant and landownerEurope · 1630Most named place: England (approximate)
MerchantLandowner

Thomas Hammond was an English-born merchant and landowner who married and settled in Norway. He was born in Suffolk, England in 1630, to landowner Edward Hammond (c.1595–c.1660). He was the father of Sara Hammond, and the grandfather of Thomas Angell. Hammond settled in Trondheim, where he was involved in timber export to England. He eventually acquired land properties and forests, and was among the large merchants in Trondheim in the 17th century.

He perished during the 1681 Trondheim fire (18–19 April 1681).