Peter Delmé (banker)
Sir Peter Delmé (died 1728) was a notable British figure in commerce and banking in the early 18th century.
Delmé was the third son of Pierre Delmé and Sibella Nightingale. He became a London merchant with trade to Turkey and Portugal, and at the time of his death was reputedly the "greatest exporter of woollen goods of any one person in England."[1] He served as an Alderman of Langbourn Ward and was knighted in 1714. He was made Sheriff of London for 1717–18 and elected Lord Mayor of London for 1723–24.
He became a Director of the Bank of England in 1698 and served as Deputy Governor from 1713 to 1715[2] and as Governor from 1715 to 1717, after which he resumed his seat in the Court of Directors until his death in 1728.
Family
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He married Anne Machan, daughter of Cornelius Machan, Esq. and Elizabeth Penton, on 26 January 1709. They had four children (3 sons and a daughter):
- Anne Delmé (died June 1794), who married Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.[3]
- Peter Delmé (28 February 1710 – 10 April 1770), who became a politician and whose son, also called Peter Delmé, also became a politician.
He died 4 September 1728 at his home in Fenchurch Street, London, England. In his will, he left a substantial estate to his children and a bequest to Morden College.[4] An ornate memorial in his honour is in the Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens.[5]
References
- ^ "Maryland Gazette". William Parks. 7 January 1729.
- ^ "Deputy Governors of the Bank of England" (PDF). Bank of England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1879). A Genealogical and Heraldic of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland (6 ed.). London: Harrison. p. 451.
- ^ From: 'Charlton', The Environs of London: volume 4: Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent (1796), pp. 324-42. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45480. Date accessed: 3 October 2007.
- ^ Memorials, The Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens "The Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens". Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011. Date accessed: 13 November 2011.
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