He arrived with a lot of money. He later lost all his money in a very bad financial deal.
VOA: special.2009.12.14
And so once again we are faced with a sympathetic, beaten Thomas Barrow, a man who has squandered allhis good will, allhismoney, and now must leave Downton with no reference at all a perfect storm of misery and ruin into which the always compassionate John Bates inserts himself.
At Trinchera, as with nearly all of his properties, he has donated money to community organizations like local schools, police departments and libraries.