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'''Jacob Bosanquet''' jr. (b.? died 30 July 1828<ref>http://thepeerage.com/p22349.htm</ref>) was [[High Sheriff of Hertfordshire]] in 1803 and Chairman of the [[East India Company]] in 1798, 1803 and finally in 1811<ref>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=jacob+bosanquet&source=bl&ots=0cnoFJgIMe&sig=zffVWliJ3H1SsR63Kid3yXnjizc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tKZCT5yUKYrP0QW5gdmPDw&ved=0CCkQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=jacob%20bosanquet&f=false</ref>. He was Chairman of the Merchants, Bankers, Traders and other inhabitants of London and its neighbourhood. |
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'''Jacob Bosanquet Jr.''' (1755 – 30 July 1828<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p22349.htm ThePeerage.com]</ref>) was a British merchant who was chairman of the [[East India Company]]. |
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He was born in Hamburg, the son of the merchant Jacob Bosanquet. He became a junior partner in his cousin's firm of Bosanquet & Willermin, silk merchants, for several years before being elected to the Direction of the East India Company in 1782. After serving three terms as a Director, he was elected [[Deputy Chairman of the British East India Company|Deputy Chairman of the company]] three times (1797, 1802 and 1810) and [[Chairman of the British East India Company|Chairman of the company]], in each of the years 1798, 1803 and 1811).<ref>{{cite book|title=The India list and India Office list|year=1819|publisher=Harrison and Sons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA110 }}</ref> |
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Jacob Bosanquet acquired the manors of Broxbournebury, Hoddesdonbury and Baas. |
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Bosanquet acquired the manors of Broxbournebury, Hoddesdonbury and Baas.<ref>[http://www.compassion-in-business.co.uk/cityscape/brickendon/woods.htm A History of Brickendon]</ref> and was pricked [[High Sheriff of Hertfordshire]] for 1803–04. |
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==Family== |
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Bosanquet was married 27 September 1790 to Henrietta, daughter of [[George Armytage (politician)|Sir George Armytage, Baronet]] and had two sons and two daughters.<ref>A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 3 By John Burke [https://archive.org/details/agenealogicalan00goog/page/n339]</ref> His son [[George Jacob Bosanquet]] was also High Sheriff of Hertfordshire. |
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Latest revision as of 08:02, 29 August 2024
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Jacob Bosanquet Jr. (1755 – 30 July 1828[1]) was a British merchant who was chairman of the East India Company.
Life
[edit]He was born in Hamburg, the son of the merchant Jacob Bosanquet. He became a junior partner in his cousin's firm of Bosanquet & Willermin, silk merchants, for several years before being elected to the Direction of the East India Company in 1782. After serving three terms as a Director, he was elected Deputy Chairman of the company three times (1797, 1802 and 1810) and Chairman of the company, in each of the years 1798, 1803 and 1811).[2]
Bosanquet acquired the manors of Broxbournebury, Hoddesdonbury and Baas.[3] and was pricked High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1803–04.
Family
[edit]Bosanquet was married 27 September 1790 to Henrietta, daughter of Sir George Armytage, Baronet and had two sons and two daughters.[4] His son George Jacob Bosanquet was also High Sheriff of Hertfordshire.
References
[edit]- ^ ThePeerage.com
- ^ The India list and India Office list. Harrison and Sons. 1819.
- ^ A History of Brickendon
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 3 By John Burke [1]
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