GUTTY, in Heraldry, charged or sprinkled with drops. GUY, THOMAS, the founder of Guy's Hospital in Southwark, was originally a bookseller, and afterwards a stock-broker in London. He made the bulk of his fortune by the South Sea Scheme in the memorable year 1720. He died four years later, leaving L.18,793 for the building of an hospital to be called by his name, and L.219,499 for its endowment. Guy, during his life-time, had no other reputation than that of an intensely avaricious and selfish man. He left almost all his large fortune, however, in charities, a fact which confirms, while it seems to contradict the judgment of his contemporaries.
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