Prinsep

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Prinsep may mean any of several notable members of the British Prinsep family descended from John Prinsep, an 18th-century merchant who pioneered indigo production in India as well as the making of cotton fabrics in Bengal, opened a copper mint in India and was a founder of the Westminster Life Insurance Society in London, where he later served as Alderman and in Parliament

  • Henry Thoby Prinsep (1793-1878), merchant and Indian civil servant
  • James Prinsep (1799-1840), scholar, brother of Henry
  • Valentine Cameron Prinsep (1838-1904), painter, son of Henry
  • James F. M. Prinsep (1861-1895), footballer, was the grandson of Henry's brother, William.
  • Thomas Levett-Prinsep, heir to his uncle Thomas Prinsep and the son of Theophilus Levett of Wychnor Hall, resided at Croxall Hall, Derbyshire, High Sheriff and landowner
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