Fusion Plumbing & Heating - Did You Know... Sir John Harrington, Godson of Queen Elizabeth, invented the first flush toilet in 1596? Hence why people call it "The John". Now You Know-Vember.
![SIR JOHN HARINGTON English courtier and writer at the age of 30; he invented the flush toilet Date: 1561 - 1612 Stock Photo - Alamy SIR JOHN HARINGTON English courtier and writer at the age of 30; he invented the flush toilet Date: 1561 - 1612 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G39TGE/sir-john-harington-english-courtier-and-writer-at-the-age-of-30-he-G39TGE.jpg)
SIR JOHN HARINGTON English courtier and writer at the age of 30; he invented the flush toilet Date: 1561 - 1612 Stock Photo - Alamy
![Water Closet Sir John Harington 1596 the Elizabethan design from his discourse on the Metamorphosis of Ajax Stock Photo - Alamy Water Closet Sir John Harington 1596 the Elizabethan design from his discourse on the Metamorphosis of Ajax Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/ANP8BK/water-closet-sir-john-harington-1596-the-elizabethan-design-from-his-ANP8BK.jpg)
Water Closet Sir John Harington 1596 the Elizabethan design from his discourse on the Metamorphosis of Ajax Stock Photo - Alamy
![Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596 Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596](http://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2018/04/ll-640x511.jpg)
Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596
The Tudor Age - Tudor Tuesday Did you know that Sir John Harington, courtier to Elizabeth I, invented the first flushing toilet in England? He called it the 'Ajax' after the slang
![Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596 Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2018/04/4vtsga71.jpg)