Banks, Sir John, baronet (bap. 1627, d. 1699), merchant and financier, was baptized at the parish church of All Saints, Maidstone, Kent, on 19 August 1627. He was the eldest in the family of two sons and one daughter of Caleb Banks of ...
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Banks, Sir John, baronet (bap. 1627, d. 1699), merchant and financier
D. C. Coleman
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Barnato, Barnett Isaacs [Barney] (1852–1897), diamond merchant and financier
Colin Newbury
Barnato, Barnett Isaacs [Barney] (1852–1897), diamond merchant and financier, born on 5 July 1852 at Aldgate, London, was the second son of the five children of Isaac Isaacs, shopkeeper, and Leah Isaacs (said to be related to the master of the rolls, Sir George Jessel...
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Barnato, Barnett Isaacs (1852–1897)
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Barnett Isaacs Barnato (1852–1897) by Warren © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Berry, (Henry) Seymour, Baron Buckland (1877–1928), financier and coal industrialist
John Williams
Berry, (Henry) Seymour, Baron Buckland (1877–1928), financier and coal industrialist, was born at 73 Lower Thomas Street, Merthyr Tudful, on 17 September 1877, the eldest of three sons of John Mathias Berry (d. 1917), JP, estate agent and valuer, of Gwaelod-y-garth, Merthyr Tudful...
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Blunt, Sir John, first baronet (bap. 1665, d. 1733), financier and a founder of the South Sea Company
Howard Erskine-Hill
Blunt, Sir John, first baronet (bap. 1665, d. 1733), financier and a founder of the South Sea Company, son of Thomas Blunt, a Baptist shoemaker of Rochester, Kent, and Isabella, daughter of Thomas Blacke, yeoman, was baptized at St Nicholas's Church, Rochester, on 24 July 1665. He became free of the ...
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Brayne, John (c. 1541–1586), grocer and financier
Herbert Berry
Brayne, John (c. 1541–1586), grocer and financier, was the eldest child of Thomas Brayne (d. 1562), a tailor (nominally a girdler), and his wife, Alice Barlow (d. 1566), of the parish of St Stephen, Coleman Street, London, who married on 22 January 1541. ...
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Broackes, Sir Nigel (1934–1999), financier and industrialist
Michael S. Moss
Broackes, Sir Nigel (1934–1999), financier and industrialist, was born at One Ash, Church Lane, Wakefield, Yorkshire, on 21 July 1934, the son of Donald Broackes (d. 1943), a solicitor, and his wife, Nancy Rowland Tansley. His father died while serving in the army in 1943, leaving an estate of just ...
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Cable, Ernest, Baron Cable (1859–1927), financier and industrialist
S. D. Chapman
Cable, Ernest, Baron Cable (1859–1927), financier and industrialist, was born in Calcutta, India, on 1 December 1859, the only son of George Herbert Cable (1823–1876), a superintendent in the Indian customs and excise service, and his wife, Emily Maria née Pickersgill. He was considered too delicate to send to ...
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Chiriton, Walter (fl. 1340–1358), merchant and financier
George Holmes
Chiriton, Walter (fl. 1340–1358), merchant and financier, was probably a member of a family of small landowners in Warwickshire, bearing a name derived from Cherrington in that county—he held a life interest in the manor of Weston by Cherrington for a while in the 1340s. He attained national prominence, however, as a wool merchant involved in international trade. In 1340 he is recorded as a merchant who had bought substantial quantities of the king's wool (that is, wool which had come into the king's possession as a result of parliamentary grant), and who was exporting it to ...
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Courten, Sir William (c. 1568–1636), merchant and financier
John C. Appleby
Courten, Sir William (c. 1568–1636), merchant and financier, was born in London, the son of William Courten, a merchant, and his wife, Margaret Casiere. His parents were religious refugees who fled from Leye in Flanders during 1568. His father set up a textile business in ...
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Cradock, Matthew (c. 1590–1641), merchant and colonial investor
Troy O. Bickham
Cradock, Matthew (c. 1590–1641), merchant and colonial investor, was the second son of Matthew Cradock, rector of Hasguard, Pembrokeshire, and his wife, Dorothy Greenway, of Berkshire. The Cradocks were a prominent Staffordshire family and had made their fortune in the wool trade, while ...
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Cranfield, Lionel, first earl of Middlesex (1575–1645), merchant, financier, and government minister
Michael J. Braddick
Cranfield, Lionel, first earl of Middlesex (1575–1645), merchant, financier, and government minister, was born in London, the second son of Thomas Cranfield (d. 1595), a London mercer and Eastland Company merchant, and his wife, Martha (d. 1609), daughter of Thomas's master, ...
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Cranfield, Lionel, first earl of Middlesex (1575–1645)
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Lionel Cranfield, first earl of Middlesex (1575–1645) by Daniel Mytens, 1620 private collection. Photograph: Photographic Survey, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
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Cutler, Sir John (1607/8–1693)
Maker: Arnold Quellin
Sir John Cutler (1607/88–1693) by Arnold Quellin, c. 1683 Guildhall Art Gallery, Corporation of London
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Cutler, Sir John (1607/8–1693), merchant and financier
D. W. Hayton
Cutler, Sir John (1607/8–1693), merchant and financier, was the son of Thomas Cutler, a member of the Grocers' Company. Early in his career he abandoned commerce for finance and specialized in lending money to impoverished landowners on the security of their estates. In this way he made a fortune and amassed considerable landed property during the interregnum, while discreetly avoiding any serious involvement in politics. In 1657 he acquired the ...
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Dick, Sir William, of Braid (d. 1655), merchant and financier
L. A. M. Stewart
Dick, Sir William, of Braid (d. 1655), merchant and financier, was the only son of John Dick, proprietor in Orkney and an Edinburgh town councillor in 1592–3. Nothing is known of his early life. On 15 June 1603 he married Elizabeth, sister of the wealthy ...
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Docker, (Frank) Dudley (1862–1944), industrialist and financier
Richard Davenport-Hines
Docker, (Frank) Dudley (1862–1944), industrialist and financier, was born at Paxton House, South Street, Smethwick, on 26 August 1862, youngest son of Ralph Docker (1809–1887), a solicitor who was for many years coroner for East Worcestershire and clerk of Smethwick's board of health...
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Docker, (Frank) Dudley (1862–1944)
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(Frank) Dudley Docker (1862–1944) by unknown photographer, c. 1916 © reserved; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Eyles, Sir Francis, first baronet (c. 1650–1716), merchant and financier
Richard Grassby
Eyles, Sir Francis, first baronet (c. 1650–1716), merchant and financier, was the son of John Eyles (d. 1662), wool-stapler and mercer of Devizes, and his wife, Mary (d. c.1666). He was the younger brother of Sir John Eyles. On 26 May 1669 he was apprenticed to ...
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Eyles, Sir John (d. 1703), merchant and financier
Richard Grassby
Eyles, Sir John (d. 1703), merchant and financier, was the first son of John Eyles (d. 1662), a mercer and wool-stapler with a shop in Devizes from 1640 onwards, and his wife, Mary (d. c.1666). Eyles chose to pursue a career in ...
