Miser and philanthropist. He amassed an immense fortune in 1720 by speculations in the South Sea Stock, and gave £238,292 to found and endow Guy’s Hospital.
Guy Fawkes, or Guido Fawkes, went under the name of John Johnstone, the servant of Mr. Percy.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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