Richard Churcher
British businessman
About Richard Churcher
Lived 1659 – 1723 (aged 63–64). Richard Churcher was a British.
Plaque on the house in Petersfield owned by Richard Churcher. Richard Churcher (1659–1723) was a wealthy English businessman and philanthropist, who made his fortune through interests in the British East India Company. He founded a school in Hampshire.
Life Churcher was born in Funtington, West Sussex and is buried there. He was apprenticed (1675–82) to John Jacob, an eminent citizen and barber-surgeon of London. Subsequently, he joined the East India Company and went to India.
He founded Churcher's College in Petersfield, Hampshire. His will, dated 1722, decreed that the college was to educate "10 or 12 local boys from Petersfield, of any age from 9 to 14, in the arts of writing, arithmetic, mathematics and navigation so they could be apprenticed to masters of ships sailing in the East Indies".
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Who was Richard Churcher?
British businessman
When was Richard Churcher born?
Richard Churcher was born in 1659.
When did Richard Churcher die?
Richard Churcher died in 1723.
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Richard Churcher was British.
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