2. Henry Middleton (October 1774)The second president of the United States was one of the wealthiest planters in the South from one of the most powerful families in the nation. Henry Middleton was also a plantation owner and public official from South Carolina.
In 2000, the Jolliffe brothers opened the first TopGolf location in Watford, just outside London. By 2007, they had opened two more in England and three in the United States (Chicago, Dallas and Alexandria, Va.). What followed was a change in ownership and an era of rapid expansion.
Quick Answer. The first successful textile factory is attributed to Richard Arkwright, a British inventor who, in 1771, opened a water-powered mill on the Derwent River in Cromford, England. Arkwright's methods are thought to have been based on the designs of inventors Thomas Highs and John Kay. Continue Reading