| Authorised form of name | Bosanquet; Samuel (1768 - 1843); banker |
| Other forms of surname | Bosanquet III |
| Dates | 1768 - 1843 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 1768 |
| Date of death | 1843 |
| Occupation | Banker; plantation and slave owner |
| Research field | Literature |
| Activity | Career:
Partner in the bank Bosanquet Anderdon & Co, the partners owned plantations in Nevis that used enslaved people for labour; retired from the bank 1836; Sheriff, Monmouthsire (1815)
Biographical details:
Blind until about the age of 18; sight improved until one eye went blind (in middle age) and he wore a black scarf over it
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1793 |
| Age at election | 24 |
| Relationships | Son of Samuel Bosanquet II, a Director of the Bank of England; Benjamin Bosanquet (FRS 1747) was his great uncle (grandfather's brother) |
| General context | The Bosanquet family were of Huguenot origin. The family fled to England from Lunel, Montpellier, France, in 1685 following the revocation of the edict of Nantes. |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; UCL LBS; Archives Hub; DWB
References:
'Samuel Bosanquet III', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/25287 [accessed 23rd June 2020]
Description of 'Dingestow Court estate, Records of the Bosanquet family, 1592, 1736-1959. Gwent Archives' on the Archives Hub website, https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb218-d2184a [accessed 23rd June 2020]
The London Gazette, 14 February 1815, Issue 16984 p.257
Dictionary of Welsh Biography 'Bosanquet Family', https://biography.wales/article/s-BOSA-NQU-1685 [accessed 18/5/2021] |
| Royal Society code | NA3668 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1793/07 | Bosanquet, Samuel: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |