Joule

Benjamin St. John Joule was the son of Benjamin Joule, a Manchester brewer.

Name	Description
Joule	Benjamin St. John Joule, the son of a Manchester brewer and industrialist, was recorded as the owner of over 4000 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s. The property included Tory Island. Joule's estate was highlighted by the Quaker philanthropist, James Hack Tuke, as the site of tenant ill-treatment and evictions. He was the brother of James Prescott Joule, physicist. The estate had been purchased from Benjamin Joule by the Congested Districts Board by1903.