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{{Short description|English merchant and banker (1744–1806)}}
{{about||the English barrister and writer|Samuel Richard Bosanquet}}
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| name = Samuel Bosanquet
| name = Samuel Bosanquet
| birth_date = 1744
| birth_date = 1744
| spouse = Eleanor Hunter
| death_date = 1806 (aged 62)
| children = [[Charles Bosanquet]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Eleanor Hunter|1767}}
[[John Bernard Bosanquet]]
| children = [[Charles Bosanquet]]<br /> [[John Bernard Bosanquet]]
| relatives = [[Mary Bosanquet Fletcher]], sister
| relatives = [[Mary Bosanquet Fletcher]] (sister)<br />[[Jacob Bosanquet]] (first cousin)<br />[[James Whatman Bosanquet]] (grandson)<br />[[Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)|Bernard Bosanquet]] (great-great grandson)<br />[[Reginald Bosanquet]] (great-great-great grandson)
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'''Samuel Bosanquet''' (1744–1806) was an English merchant and banker.{{Sfn|Burke|1836|p=318}}{{Sfn|Skinner|2006|p=}}
'''Samuel Bosanquet''' (1744–1806) was an English merchant and banker.<ref name="Burke1836">{{cite book|author=John Burke|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank, But Uninvested with Heritable Honours|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=upFIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA318|year=1836|publisher=H. Colburn|page=318}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/abstract/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-2930?rskey=zBlc4X&result=1|title=Bosanquet, Samuel Richard|last=Skinner|first=S.A.|date=|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
He was born into an immigrant family of [[Huguenots]], the son of Samuel Bosanquet (1700–1765) and his wife Mary Dunster. His sister [[Mary Bosanquet Fletcher|Mary]] would go on to become one of the first female [[Methodism|Methodist]] [[Preacher|preachers]].
Samuel Bosanquet was born into an immigrant family of [[Huguenots]], the son of Samuel Bosanquet (1700–1765) and his wife Mary Dunster. His sister [[Mary Bosanquet Fletcher|Mary]] would go on to become one of the first female [[Methodism|Methodist]] [[preacher]]s.


Bosanquet married Eleanor Hunter in 1767. [[Charles Bosanquet]] and [[John Bernard Bosanquet]] were their sons.{{Sfn|Burke|1836|p=318}}
He became a Director of the [[Bank of England]] in 1771, was elected [[Deputy Governor of the Bank of England|Deputy Governor]] from 1789 to 1791 and [[Governor of the Bank of England|Governor]] from 1791 to 1793. He replaced [[Mark Weyland]] as Governor and was succeeded by [[Godfrey Thornton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650015|title=Samuel Bosanquet II|last=|first=|date=|website=Legacies of British Slave-Ownership|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=9 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Burke1836"/><ref>[http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/pdfs/governors.pdf ''Governors of the Bank of England''.] Bank of England, London, 2013. [https://www.webcitation.org/6esB469Sc Archived here.] Retrieved 6 March 2016.</ref>


==Career==
In 1793 resumed his place in the Court of Directors until his death in 1806.
Bosanquet became a Director of the [[Bank of England]] in 1771, was elected [[Deputy Governor of the Bank of England|Deputy Governor]] from 1789 to 1791 and [[Governor of the Bank of England|Governor]] from 1791 to 1793. He replaced [[Mark Weyland]] as Governor and was succeeded by [[Godfrey Thornton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650015|title=Samuel Bosanquet II|website=Legacies of British Slave-Ownership|access-date=9 January 2017}}</ref>{{Sfn|Burke|1836|p=318}}{{Sfn|Bank of England|2013|p=}} Bosanquet's tenure as Governor occurred during the [[Panic of 1792]].


In 1793 Bosanquet resumed his place in the Court of Directors, and remained in this occupation until his death in 1806.
==Family==
Bosanquet married Eleanor Hunter in 1767. [[Charles Bosanquet]] and [[John Bernard Bosanquet]] were their sons.<ref name="Burke1836"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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== References ==
== References ==
'''Footnotes'''{{Reflist}}'''Bibliography'''
{{Refbegin|}}
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=upFIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA318|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank, But Uninvested with Heritable Honours|last=Burke|first=John|publisher=H. Colburn|year=1936|ref={{sfnref|Burke|1836}}}}
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/pdfs/governors.pdf|title=Governors of the Bank of England|date=2013|website=Bank of England|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211609/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/Documents/pdfs/governors.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=6 March 2016|ref={{sfnref|Bank of England|2013}}}}
*{{Cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/abstract/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-2930|title=Bosanquet, Samuel Richard|last=Skinner|first=S.A.|date=15 May 2006|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/2930 }}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650015|title=Samuel Bosanquet II|website=Legacies of British Slave-Ownership|access-date=9 January 2017}}
*{{Refend}}


=== Footnotes ===
== External links ==
{{Reflist}}


{{Governors of the Bank of England}}
=== Bibliography ===
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* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=upFIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA318|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank, But Uninvested with Heritable Honours|last=Burke|first=John|publisher=H. Colburn|year=1836|isbn=|location=|pages=}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/pdfs/governors.pdf|title=Governors of the Bank of England|last=|first=|date=2013|website=Bank of England|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6esB469Sc|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=6 March 2016}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/abstract/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-2930?rskey=zBlc4X&result=1|title=Bosanquet, Samuel Richard|last=Skinner|first=S.A.|date=|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650015|title=Samuel Bosanquet II|last=|first=|date=|website=Legacies of British Slave-Ownership|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=9 January 2017}}

==External links==
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Latest revision as of 15:55, 27 August 2024

Samuel Bosanquet
Born1744
Died1806 (aged 62)
Spouse
Eleanor Hunter
(m. 1767)
ChildrenCharles Bosanquet
John Bernard Bosanquet
RelativesMary Bosanquet Fletcher (sister)
Jacob Bosanquet (first cousin)
James Whatman Bosanquet (grandson)
Bernard Bosanquet (great-great grandson)
Reginald Bosanquet (great-great-great grandson)

Samuel Bosanquet (1744–1806) was an English merchant and banker.[1][2]

Life

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Samuel Bosanquet was born into an immigrant family of Huguenots, the son of Samuel Bosanquet (1700–1765) and his wife Mary Dunster. His sister Mary would go on to become one of the first female Methodist preachers.

Bosanquet married Eleanor Hunter in 1767. Charles Bosanquet and John Bernard Bosanquet were their sons.[1]

Career

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Bosanquet became a Director of the Bank of England in 1771, was elected Deputy Governor from 1789 to 1791 and Governor from 1791 to 1793. He replaced Mark Weyland as Governor and was succeeded by Godfrey Thornton.[3][1][4] Bosanquet's tenure as Governor occurred during the Panic of 1792.

In 1793 Bosanquet resumed his place in the Court of Directors, and remained in this occupation until his death in 1806.

See also

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References

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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Burke 1836, p. 318.
  2. ^ Skinner 2006.
  3. ^ "Samuel Bosanquet II". Legacies of British Slave-Ownership. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ^ Bank of England 2013.

Bibliography

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