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|Dates=c.1746, 1756-99
|Location=London
|Vocation=Linen manufacturer
|Place of Birth=Buittle, Kirkcudbrightshire
|Issue=Three sons
|Source=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
}}
Began business career in 1730s in partnership with Ebenezer MacCulloch, as a retailer of linen. Set up a linen 'factory' at Leith shortly after, gaining patronage of Lord Milton. With patron's help, secured the running of the French fine-linen weavers at Picardy Place in Edinburgh (1743).
Established The Edinburgh Linen Company in 1744. Tod travelled to London to obtain a royal charter, which was granted in 1746. Increasingly found business taking him to London so Tod settled permanently in 1756. Broke with MacCulloch in 1759 and established a linen factor under name Tod & Co. Through business acumen acquired vast wealth. Died at home in Percy Street, Soho in 1799.

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