Merrik Burrell
Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Baronet (5 November 1699 – 6 April 1787)[1] was a British politician.
He was the second son of Peter Burrell and his wife Isabella Merrik, daughter of John Merrik.[2] He bought West Grinstead Park in 1744.
Burrell entered the British House of Commons for Great Marlow in 1747,[3] sat for it until 1754 and was subsequently returned for Grampound, which he represented until 1768.[3] He was elected for Haslemere in 1774[4] and stood then for Great Bedwyn, becoming its representative until 1784.[3]
Burrell was governor of the Bank of England from 1758 to 1760,[5] and on 15 July 1766, he was created a baronet, of West Grinstead Park in the County of Sussex, with a special remainder to the heirs male of his older brother Peter.[6] Burrell's tenure as Governor occurred during the Bengal bubble (1757–1769).
Burrell died unmarried and childless in 1787.[7] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew's son Peter, who was later elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Gwydyr.[8]
References
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ "ThePeerage - Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Bt". Retrieved 18 February 2007.
- ^ a b c "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Grampound, Great Bedwyn & Great Marlow". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Haslemere". Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ Richard Roberts; David Kynaston, eds. (1995). The Bank of England: Money, Power and Influence 1694-1994. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 248. ISBN 0-19-828952-9.
- ^ "No. 10641". The London Gazette. 12 July 1766. p. 1.
- ^ Sylvanus, Urban (1787). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: David Henry. p. 366.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. pp. 524.
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