Ayscoghe Boucherett
Grimsby | |
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In office 1796–1803 Serving with William Mellish (1796–1802) and John Henry Loft (1802–1803) | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 16 April 1755 |
Died | 15 September 1815 (aged 60) |
Nationality | British |
Spouse |
Emelia Crockatt (m. 1789) |
Children | 4 |
Residence(s) | Willingham House, Lincolnshire[1] |
Born into a family of the Lincolnshire landed gentry, Boucherett became involved in local politics in Lincolnshire, and (owing mainly to his marriage) with artistic and mercantile circles in London. He was the chairman of the
Early life and family connections
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Boucherett was born on 16 April 1755, the son of Ayscoghe Boucherett of Willingham and Stallingborough, Lincolnshire, and his wife, Mary White.[2] The elder Boucherett had been the High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1754,[3] and was a landed gentleman in Lincolnshire, whose family was descended from Huguenot merchants; they married into the Ayscoghe family and inherited the Willingham estate through this marriage.[4] The elder Boucherett's daughter, Mary, had married Michael Barne of Sotterley, Suffolk, an army officer and a member of parliament for Dunwich.[5]
The younger Boucherett was admitted at Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1773, aged 18, but did not take a degree.[6] He married, on 17 March 1789, Emelia Crockatt, daughter of Charles Crockatt, a merchant, of London and of Luxborough Hall, Essex, and his wife, Anna Muilman,[note 1] who married, when widowed, the insurance broker and art connoisseur John Julius Angerstein. This union helped the younger Boucherett to garner connexions in London merchant circles.[7] Emilia Boucherett died on 5 February 1837, aged 75.[8] The Boucheretts had one son and three daughters:
- Emilia Mary Boucherett (7 August 1790 – 29 November 1870). Died unmarried.[9]
- Ayscoghe Boucherett, J.P., D.L. (24 September 1791 – 1857), he was Emilia Jessie Boucherett (1825–1905), who was a noted women's rights campaigner.[10]
- Maria Boucherett (born 30 October 1795). She married, on 15 August 1815, Charles Parker Newdigate Newdegate of Harefield, Middlesex; their only child was the Conservative politician and Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire, Charles Newdigate Newdegate.[11]
- Juliana Boucherett (bapt. 27 April 1798). Died unmarried.[9]
Boucherett paid for the construction of a new family seat in 1790; Willingham House was a larger and grander mansion than the family's previous seat closer to Willingham, and was constructed in the neoclassical style, most likely by Robert Mitchell, two miles west of the earlier house.[12]
Friendship with Sir Thomas Lawrence
The family's connection with the art connoisseur John Julius Angerstein led to them becoming acquainted with certain artistic circles in the late eighteenth century; most notably, they established a close friendship with the portrait painter
Member of Parliament and public service
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In the 1790s, Boucherett began to rise through Lincolnshire's civic and mercantile circles, especially in the north of the County, where the family had their seat; his connexions helped him to become involved with a group of businessmen planning to reopen and expand Grimsby's harbour. His rise is charted in his appointments to several civic posts: to be High Steward of Grimsby from 1794 (he remained as such until his death), succeeding Christopher Clayton, and to be High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1795–6.
Yarborough, Boucherett's patron, was an opponent of the administration of
Later life
Although opened in 1800 at the cost of £100,000,[24] the new harbour at Grimsby failed to attract the levels of trade the company had projected, caused largely by a lack of inland transport networks.[25] The financial problems facing the Grimsby Haven Company led to factions and difficulty in its running and put strain on Boucherett's relations with Yarborough; having invested much money and time in the now failing company, Boucherett also found it draining of him financially.[2]
Aside from Parliamentary and business commitments, he served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Lincolnshire and a Justice of the Peace.[26] Boucherett was also High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1795[27] and an officer in the Yeoman volunteers, being a Captain the Market Raisen Yeomanry in 1798 and then a Lieutenant-Colonel in and Commandant of the North Lincolnshire Yeomanry from 1814 until his death. He died in a carriage accident on 15 September 1815.[28] At his death, his assets barely covered the debts he had accrued in his lifetime.[23] He was succeeded as the High Steward of Grimsby by the Hon. George Anderson Pelham, the second son of the first Lord Yarborough.[29]
References
Notes
- ^ Thomas Gainsborough painted a group portrait (including Crockatt and Muilman's brother) which is thought to have been commissioned to celebrate their engagement. For further details of this portrait and their families, see "Peter Darnell Muilman, Charles Crockatt and William Keable in a Landscape, c. 1750, Thomas Gainsborough (Summary)". Tate. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
Citations
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, 1815, part ii, p. 371
- ^ a b c d Stokes 1986
- ^ London Gazette. 29 January 1754, p. 1.
- ^ Burke 1847, p. 122
- ^ Burke 1847, 1, p. 122 ; Maddison 1902, p. 163 ; Howard & Crisp 1899, p. 158 ; Stokes 1986
- ^ J. Venn and J.A. Venn, "Boucherett, Ayscoghe", Alumni Cantabrigienses
- ^ Stokes 1986 ; Report on the Export of Works of Art 1991-92, 1995, p. 26; Palmer, ODNB, J. J. Angerstein; J. Venn and J.A. Venn, "Boucherett, Ayscoghe", Alumni Cantabrigienses
- ^ Maddison 1902, p. 163
- ^ a b Burke 1847, 1, p. 122 ; Burke 1879, p. 167 ; Maddison 1902, p. 163
- ^ Burke 1847, 1, p. 122 ; Burke 1879, p. 167 ; Maddison 1902, p. 163 ; see ODNB for E. J. Boucherett for mother's name.
- ^ Burke 1847, 1, p. 122 ; Burke 1847, 2, p. 924 ; Burke 1879, p. 167 ; Maddison 1902, p. 163 ; ODNB for C. N. Newdigate
- ^ Pevsner (1964), p. 76 ; Britton (1807), IX, p. 694
- ^ "Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769–1830 London), Head Studies of Emilia Mary, Juliana and Maria Boucherett (Sale 5964, Lot 46)". Christie's. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ Russel, F. (1992). Christie's Review of the Season, 1992, p. 49 ; see also for digital image of painting: "Willingham House Lincolnshire". 12 December 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ "Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769–1830 London), Head Studies of Emilia Mary, Juliana and Maria Boucherett (Sale 5964, Lot 46)". Christie's. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- Musée du Louvre. Portrait of the children of Ayscoghe Boucherett, Work 1754. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ "Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769–1830 London), Head Studies of Emilia Mary, Juliana and Maria Boucherett (Sale 5964, Lot 46)". Christie's. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ Oliver 1825, p. 123 for list of High Stewards ; Stokes 1986 ; Gentleman's Magazine. 1815, pt. 2, p. 371
- ^ Stokes 1986 ; Gentleman's Magazine. 1815, pt. 2, p. 371 ; Bates 1893, p. 8
- ^ Thorne 1986a
- ^ Farington 1807 (1924 print), pp. 154–5
- ^ Stokes 1986 ; Journals of the House of Commons, lvi (1799), p. 531
- ^ a b c Stokes 1986 ; he accepted the Steward of the Manor of East Hendred in 1803 (J. Venn and J.A. Venn, "Boucherett, Ayscoghe",Alumni Cantabrigienses).
- ^ Bates 1893, p. 8
- ^ Clarke 2000, p. 717
- ^ Gentleman's Magazine. 1815, pt. 2, p. 371
- ^ BOUCHERETT, Ayscoghe (1755-1815), of Willingham and Stallingborough, Lincs.
- ^ Stokes 1986 ; Gentleman's Magazine. 1815, pt. 2, p. 371
- ^ Thorne 1986b ; Oliver 1825, p. 123
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