1. Life

2. Career

3. See also

4. References

5. External links

Samuel Bosanquet (1744–1806) was an English merchant and banker.{{Sfn|Burke|1836|p=318}}{{Sfn|Skinner|2006|p=}}

Life

Samuel Bosanquet was born into an immigrant family of Huguenots, the son of Samuel Bosanquet (1700–1765) and his wife Mary Dunster. His sister Mary would go on to become one of the first female Methodist preachers.

Bosanquet married Eleanor Hunter in 1767. Charles Bosanquet and John Bernard Bosanquet were their sons.{{Sfn|Burke|1836|p=318}}

Career

Bosanquet 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.^[1]{{Sfn|Burke|1836|p=318}}{{Sfn|Bank of England|2013|p=}}

In 1793 Bosanquet resumed his place in the Court of Directors, and remained in this occupation until his death in 1806.

See also

• Chief Cashier of the Bank of England

References

• {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=upFIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA318|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|last=Burke|first=John|publisher=H. Colburn|year=1936|isbn=|location=|pages=|ref={{sfnref|Burke|1836}}}}
• {{Cite web|url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/pdfs/governors.pdf|title=Governors of the Bank of England|last=|first=|date=2013|website=Bank of England|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6esB469Sc|archive-date=28 January 2016|dead-url=|access-date=6 March 2016|ref={{sfnref|Bank of England|2013}}}}
• {{Cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/abstract/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-2930?rskey=zBlc4X&result=1|title=Bosanquet, Samuel Richard|last=Skinner|first=S.A.|date=15 May 2006|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=|ref={{sfnref|Skinner|2006}}}}
• {{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650015|title=Samuel Bosanquet II|last=|first=|date=|website=Legacies of British Slave-Ownership|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=9 January 2017}}
• {{Refend}}

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