Sir Thomas Smythe (b. 1558?, Ostenhanger, Kent - d. 4 September 1625, Sutton-at-Hone, Kent)[1] was an English entrepreneur in the Virginia Company which founded the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. Smythe financed numerous Elizabethan era[2] trade ventures and voyages of exploration during the early 17th century. A member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers and the Worshipful Company of Skinners in London from 1580, he accumulated a considerable fortune from commerce.
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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
