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.
![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
![Water Closet. From Sir John Harington 'The Metamorphosis of Ajax', 1556. Harrington installed a water closet Water Closet. From Sir John Harington 'The Metamorphosis of Ajax', 1556. Harrington installed a water closet](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D966M0/water-closet-from-sir-john-harington-the-metamorphosis-of-ajax-1556-D966M0.jpg)
Water Closet. From Sir John Harington 'The Metamorphosis of Ajax', 1556. Harrington installed a water closet
![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)
Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596
![Robert Peake the Elder | Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Robert Peake the Elder | Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field | The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/DP169396.jpg)