George Amyand

Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet (26 September 1720 – 16 August 1766)[1] was a British Whig politician, physician and merchant.

He was the eldest son of Claudius Amyand, the Surgeon-in-Ordinary to King George II of Great Britain,[2] and his wife Mary Rabache, and was baptised at St James's Church, Piccadilly.[3] Armyand was army contractor during the Seven Years' War,[4] an assistant to the Russia Company in 1756[5] and a director of the East India Company in 1762.[6] Between 1754 and 1766, Amyand sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnstaple.[7] On 9 August 1764, he was created a Baronet, of Moccas Court, in the County of Hereford.[8]

In 1748, Amyand married Anna Maria Korteen, daughter of John Abraham Korteen, a German merchant of Hamburg.[6] They had two daughters and two sons. Amyand died, aged 45, from undisclosed causes, and was buried at Carshalton a week later.[3] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son George.

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment-Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsC4.htm. Retrieved 31 March 2009. 
  2. ^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (fifth ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 478. 
  3. ^ a b "ThePeerage-Sir George Amyand, 1st Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p2854.htm#i28538. Retrieved 31 January 2009. 
  4. ^ "Moccas Court, Official Website - History". http://www.moccas-court.co.uk/history.html. Retrieved 31 March 2009. 
  5. ^ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. 290. 
  6. ^ a b Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson. ed. The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. vol. III. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 203. 
  7. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Barnstaple". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons1.htm. Retrieved 31 March 2009. 
  8. ^ London Gazette: no. 10442. p. 1. 7 August 1764. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Thomas Benson
Sir Bourchier Wrey		 Member of Parliament for Barnstaple
1754 – 1766
With: John Harris 1754–1761
Denys Rolle 1761–1766		 Succeeded by
Denys Rolle
John Clevland
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
(of Moccas Court)
1764–1766		 Succeeded by
George Cornewall