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Stamp Brooksbank

1694 – 1756

MP and Governor of the Bank of England

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About Stamp Brooksbank

Lived 1694 – 1756 (aged 61–62). Stamp Brooksbank was a politician and banker.

Stamp Brooksbank (23 June 1694 – 24 May 1756) was an English MP and Governor of the Bank of England.

He was the eldest son of warehouseman and haberdasher Joseph Brooksbank of Hackney House and Cateaton St., Cheapside, London. He was the heir of his mother's father Richard Stamp, the elder brother of Sir Thomas Stamp, Lord Mayor of London in 1692. He became a successful merchant trading with Turkey and was a member of the New England Company in 1726. He succeeded his father in 1726 to Healaugh Manor, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire.

He was elected MP for Colchester in 1727 and for Saltash in 1743, being re-elected for the same constituency in 1747. He was a director of the Bank of England from 1728 to 1740 and from 1743 to 1755, as deputy governor from 1740 to 1741 and as governor from 1741 to 1743.

He built Hackney House in Clapton in 1732. He had married Elizabeth, the daughter of Joseph Thomson of Hackney and Nonsuch Park, Surrey with whom he had 3 sons and 5 daughters. He was succeeded by his son Joseph.

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Important facts

Born
1694, London
Birth century
Occupation
Positions held
Member of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Stamp Brooksbank's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Stamp Brooksbank?

MP and Governor of the Bank of England

When was Stamp Brooksbank born?

Stamp Brooksbank was born in 1694 in London.

When did Stamp Brooksbank die?

Stamp Brooksbank died on 24 May 1756.

What was Stamp Brooksbank's occupation?

Stamp Brooksbank was a politician and banker.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Stamp Brooksbank

· Wikidata: Q16205516

· DBpedia: Stamp Brooksbank

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