John 'Mad Jack' Fuller

John Fuller (February 20, 1757 - April 11, 1834), better known as "Mad Jack" Fuller (although he himself preferred to be called "Honest John" Fuller) was Squire of the hamlet of Brightling, in Sussex (now East Sussex), and is well known as a builder of follies, and as a philanthropist, patron of the arts and sciences. He purchased and commissioned many paintings from J.M.W. Turner. He was sponsor and mentor to Michael Faraday.

Early life

Fuller was born on February 20, 1757 in North Stoneham, Hampshire. He was christened in the village of Waldron, near Heathfield in Sussex (now East Sussex), in the south of England. His parents were the Reverend Henry Fuller (January 15, 1713 - July 23, 1761) and his wife Frances, née Fuller (1725 - February 14, 1778)http://www3.sympatico.ca/alloydthomas/pafg01.htm#4.

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Waldron - Heathfield - Sussex - East Sussex - England - The Reverend Henry Fuller

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He lost his father in 1761, when he was four. At the age of ten, in 1767, he began his education at Eton College, a public school in Berkshire.

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1761 - 1767 - Eton College - Public school - Berkshire

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On May 7, 1777, Jack Fuller?s uncle Rose Fuller, M.P. diedhttp://www3.sympatico.ca/alloydthomas/pafg16.htm#8, leaving Jack his Sussex estates and Jamaican plantations. Jack Fuller thus took possession of the Rose Hill estate (now Brightling Park) at Brightling at the age of 20.

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May 7 - 1777 - Rose Fuller, M.P. - Jamaica - Brightling Park

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