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| name = Samuel Bosanquet |
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| birth_date = 1744 |
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| spouse = Eleanor Hunter |
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| children = [[Charles Bosanquet]] |
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[[John Bernard Bosanquet]] |
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| relatives = [[Mary Bosanquet Fletcher]], sister |
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'''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 ODNB|id=2927|first=Andrew J.|last=O'Shaughnessy}}</ref> |
'''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 ODNB|id=2927|first=Andrew J.|last=O'Shaughnessy}}</ref> |
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Samuel Bosanquet | |
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| Born | 1744 |
| Spouse | Eleanor Hunter |
| Children | Charles Bosanquet John Bernard Bosanquet |
| Relatives | Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, sister |
Samuel Bosanquet (1744–1806) was an English merchant and banker.[1][2]
Life
He was born into an immigrant family of Huguenots, the son of Samuel Bosanquet (1700–1765) and his wife Mary Dunster.
He 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]
In 1793 resumed his place in the Court of Directors until his death in 1806.
Family
Bosanquet married Eleanor Hunter in 1767. Charles Bosanquet and John Bernard Bosanquet were their sons.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c John Burke (1836). 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. H. Colburn. p. 318.
- ^ O'Shaughnessy, Andrew J. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2927.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) - ^ "Summary of Individual Samuel Bosanquet II, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ Governors of the Bank of England. Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
External links
Media related to Governors of the Bank of England at Wikimedia Commons
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