Edward Thomason

Sir Edward Thomason (c. 1769 – 29 May 1849)[1] was a manufacturer and inventor in Birmingham knighted by King William IV.

He began manufacturing in his father's factory around 1793, establishing a trade in gilt and plated buttons.

The business expanded into the manufacture of medals, tokens and coins, and later plated gold and silver works.

He died in his house in Jury Street, Warwick in 1849, and a memorial was erected to him in St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham.

He was also Vice-consul for the town of Birmingham for the governments of Russia, France, Prussia, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Sweden and Norway.