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
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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 | |