Appendix XVI: Merchants and financiers
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Merchants and financiers in the Commons
Members involved in overseas trade, without evident specialization:
Sir Mathew Andrews
Sir Henry Ashurst, 1st Bt.
Sir William Ashurst
Christopher Bale
Sir John Banks, 1st Bt.
Sir James Bateman
Sir Benjamin Bathurst
Sir Robert Bedingfield
Philip Bickerstaffe
Thomas Blofield
George Boddington
George Bohun
Hugh Bokenham
Edmund Boulter
Robert Bristow I
Arthur Champneys
Sir Josiah Child, 2nd Bt.
Sir Richard Child, 3rd Bt.
Sir Thomas Cooke
Sir John Cutler, 1st Bt.
Sir Robert Dashwood, 1st Bt.
Paul Docminique
Edmund Dummer
Charles Duncombe
Joseph Earle
George England II
John Essington
Sir Thomas Estcourt
John Eyles
Thomas Fagg
Richard Ferrier
Thomas Filmer
Sir John Fleet
Sir Henry Furnese
Nathaniel Gould
Thomas Guy
Nicholas Hedger
Robert Henley
Joseph Herne
Nathaniel Herne
Jonathan Hutchinson
Sir Henry Johnson
William Johnson
William Lewen
Richard Lockwood
John Montgomerie I
Arthur Moore
John Nicholson
Sir Hugh Owen, 2nd Bt.
Gregory Page
Thomas Papillon
Richard Philips
William Phippard
Thomas Phipps
Thomas Powell
John Praed
Sir William Prichard
Jonathan Rashleigh
Isaac Rebow
Robert Rodger
Thomas Scawen
Samuel Swift
Fisher Tench
Thomas Turgis
John Turner
Sir William Turner
John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh [I]
George Walcot
Isaac Watlington
Sir Thomas Webster, 1st Bt.
Sir William Withers
Nicholas Wood
Members involved in overseas trade, specializing in particular markets:
Baltic and/or northern Europe:
Sir Thomas Abney
Sir Edward Abney
Sir Owen Buckingham
Thomas D’Aeth
Alexander Duff
John Elwill
Samuel Foote
John Gordon
John Haldane
John London
Sir Samuel MacClellan
William Maister
Joseph Martin
Michael Mitford
Sir Alexander Rigby
John Sanford
Francis Stratford
Sir John Swinton
Leonard Wessell
Spain and Portugal, and/or western mediterranean generally:
John Burridge I
Mitford Crow
Sir Basil Firebrace
Thomas Harley
William Hayne
Gilbert Heathcote
Sir William Hodges, 1st Bt.
Sir James Houblon
Samuel Kekewich
William Livingston
Thomas Molyneux
John Pollexfen
Edward Rudge
John Rudge
Gilbert Searle
Arthur Shallett
Francis Shepheard
Samuel Shepheard I
Samuel Shepheard II
Edward Thompson
Humphrey Walcot
John Ward II
Sir George Willoughby
Levant and/or eastern mediterranean:
Robert Balle
Sir Samuel Barnardiston, 1st Bt.
Sir Lambert Blackwell
Jacob des Bouverie
Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Bt.
Sir Samuel Dashwood
Sir Thomas Davall I
Thomas Frewen
Sir Eliab Harvey
Thomas Herne
William Jolliffe
Walter Kent
Thomas Lewes
Sir John Morden, 1st Bt.
John Morice
Foot Onslow
Sir Richard Onslow, 3rd Bt.
Joseph Paice
Philip Papillon
Sir Thomas Vernon
Thomas Vernon
East Indies and orient:
John Arnold
Thomas Coulson
James Craggs I
John Dolben
William Gifford
Henry Goldwell
William Gore
Peter Gott
Thomas Heath II
Frederick Herne
Sir George Mathews
William Norris
Sir Samuel Ongley
Robert Pitt
Thomas Pitt I
Gabriel Roberts
Transatlantic (America and/or West Indies):
John Bromley I
John Bromley II
John Burridge II
Daniel Campbell
Anthony Carey, 5th Viscount Falkland [S]
William Clayton
John Cleiveland
Sir Peter Colleton, 2nd Bt.
Edward Colston II
Charles Cox
Sir William Daines
Joseph Dudley
Stephen Evance
Henry Greenhill
Sir Richard Hart
William Heysham
Sir Edward Hungerford
Thomas Johnson
Sir John Knight
John Morgan I
Richard Norris
John Rogers
Thomas Smith II
Robert Yate
John Trelawny I
Africa (including slave trade):
Samuel Atkinson
Francis Chamberlayne
Charles Godolphin
Sir Bartholomew Gracedieu
Robert Heysham
Sir Richard Hoare
Edward Jeffreys
Jeffrey Jeffreys
John Jeffreys
John Lade
Humphry Morice
Sir Benjamin Newland
Thomas Rider (Ryder)
George Yeaman
Members holding office in (governorships, directorships, committees), or otherwise closely involved in the affairs of, the larger chartered trading companies:
Royal African Company:
Sir Thomas Cooke
Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Bt.
Sir Samuel Dashwood
Charles Godolphin
William Gore
Nathaniel Gould
Frederick Herne
Nathaniel Herne
Edward Jeffreys
Jeffrey Jeffreys
John Jeffreys
William Johnson
Richard Lockwood
Arthur Moore
Sir Benjamin Newland
John Nicholson
Sir William Prichard
Thomas Rider (Ryder)
Gabriel Roberts
Edward Rudge
Samuel Shepheard I
Fisher Tench
Sir William Turner
Sir Thomas Vernon
Humphrey Walcot
Old East India Company:
Hon. James Brydges
Sir Josiah Child, 2nd Bt.
Sir Thomas Cooke
Thomas Coulson
James Craggs I
Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Bt.
Sir Samuel Dashwood
Sir John Fleet
Henry Goldwell
Frederick Herne
Joseph Herne
Nathaniel Herne
Thomas Herne
Sir James Houblon
Sir Henry Johnson
William Johnson
Samuel Kekewich
Arthur Moore
Sir Samuel Ongley
Gregory Page
Thomas Papillon
Thomas Pitt I
Sir William Prichard
Gabriel Roberts
Edward Rudge
Sir William Turner
John Ward II
New East India Company:
William Cotesworth
Josiah Diston
Sir Henry Furnese
Peter Gott
Gilbert Heathcote
William Joliffe
Joseph Martin
Francis Shepheard
Samuel Shepheard I
Thomas Vernon
United East India Company:
Robert Bristow II
Robert Child
William Cotesworth
Thomas Coulson
John Eyles
Sir John Fleet
Thomas Heath II
Frederick Herne
Nathaniel Herne
Sir George Mathews
Arthur Moore
Gregory Page
Francis Shepheard
Samuel Shepheard I
Samuel Shepheard II
Eastland Company:
Nathaniel Gould
Thomas Papillon
Sir Thomas Vernon
Hudson’s Bay Company:
Stephen Evance
Sir Edward Hungerford
Sir William Trumbull
Levant Company:
Hon. James Brydges
Sir Samuel Dashwood
Sir Thomas Davall I
John Eyles
Sir John Fleet
Sir Henry Furnese
Nathaniel Gould
Sir Eliab Harvey
Sir James Houblon
William Joliffe
Richard Lockwood
Joseph Martin
Sir Richard Onslow, 3rd Bt.
Philip Papillon
Gabriel Roberts
John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh [I]
Sir Thomas Vernon
Thomas Vernon
Russia Company:
Sir Henry Furnese
Gilbert Heathcote
John London
Joseph Martin
Samuel Shepheard I
Francis Stratford
South Sea Company:
Thomas Crosse
John Eyles
William Gore
Sir Richard Hoare
John Lade
James Lowther
Joseph Martin
Arthur Moore
Sir Samuel Ongley
Gabriel Roberts
John Rudge
Samuel Shepheard I
Fisher Tench
Thomas Vernon
Company of Scotland:
Paul Docminique
John Haldane
John Ward IV
Members involved in banking and finance:
This list comprises private bankers, goldsmiths, scriveners and moneylenders, stock-jobbers, speculators (like the ‘great projector’ Thomas Neale), directors of the Bank of England, and those making large loans to government; but it does not include all those investing in joint-stock companies.
Robert Bristow I
Robert Bristow II
Daniel Campbell
Nicholas Carey
Sir Francis Child
Robert Child
Sir Robert Clayton
Sir Thomas Cooke
William Cotesworth
Josiah Diston
Alexander Duff
Charles Duncombe
Thomas Duncombe (formerly Browne)
Stephen Evance
John Eyles
Sir Thomas Fowle
Charles Fox
Sir Stephen Fox
Sir Henry Furnese
John Gape
Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Bt.
Sir William Gordon, 1st Bt.
William Gore
Peter Gott
Nathaniel Gould
Gilbert Heathcote
Joseph Herne
Sir Richard Hoare
Sir James Houblon
Richard Kent
John Knight I
John Mead
John Montgomerie I
Humphry Morice
Thomas Neale
Sir William Prichard
John Rudge
Sir William Scawen
Francis Stratford
Anthony Sturt
Sir William Turner
John Ward II
