Samuel Bosanquet

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

Life

The son of Samuel Bosanquet (1700–1765) and his wife Mary Dunster, he was Governor of the Bank of England from 1791 to 1793. He had been Deputy Governor from 1789 to 1791. He replaced Mark Weyland as Governor and was succeeded by Godfrey Thornton.[3][1][4]

Family

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ O'Shaughnessy, Andrew J. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2927. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ "Summary of Individual Samuel Bosanquet II, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Governors of the Bank of England. Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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