Jonas Hanway
(1712-1786)

seaman and founder of the Marine Society

Died aged 74

Jonas Hanway (12 August 1712 – 5 September 1786), was a British philanthropist and traveller. He was the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella and was a noted opponent of tea drinking.

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London, United Kingdom

Site of the King's Arms Tavern where the first meeting of the Marine Society was held on 25 June 1756

Change Alley EC3, London, United Kingdom where they founded (1756)