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John Vivian was a British industrialist. Himself a descendant of the Vivians of Trewan, Cornwall, he was the first member of this branch of the family to settle in South Wales, where he became the ancestor of the Vivian baronets and barons. He was the son of Reverend Thomas Vivian and Mary Hussey, of Truro St. Mary, Cornwall, who had been married on 30 November 1747 at Kenwyn, Cornwall.
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