???? - 1779
Underwriter and merchant, Director of the Bank of England, Chamberlain of London and MP for Great Bedwyn 1771-1774. Under a deed of 03/06/1771 Benjamin Hopkins of Broad Street London purchased for 拢550 an annuity of 拢50 p.a. for his life (aged 36) and that of John Fane (aged 20), eldest son of Henry Fane of Wormsley Oxfordshire [MP for Lyme Regis 1757-1777] from Rowland Ash secured on Ash's estate and enslaved people on St Vincent, as one of a small group of purchasers paying in total 拢3175 for annuities amounting to 拢325 p.a. The schedule of annuitants immediately precedes a list of 76 enslaved people on whom the annuities were secured. Richard Willis of London guaranteed the payments.
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/hopkins-benjamin-1734-79; Deed Book 1771-1772, British Library, EAP688/1/1/26, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-26 pp. 108-121; https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/fane-henry-1703-77.
Absentee?
British/Irish
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Commercial (1) |
Director
Bank of England
Banker notes → Director 1765-67; 1768-71; 1772-75;...
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Political (1) |
MP
election →
Great Bedwyn Wiltshire
1771 - 1774 |
Annuitant → Grantor
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Broad Street, City of London, Middlesex, London, England
Notes →
Of Broad Street in 1771 |