Daniel Booth

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Daniel Booth
Died7 June 1788
OccupationGovernor of the Bank of England from 1779 to 1781

Daniel Booth (died 7 June 1788)

William Ewer.[2] Booth's tenure as Governor occurred during the Bengal bubble crash
(1769–1784).

Life

He was the son of Daniel Booth, factor to the Canterbury weavers. He became a Bank of England director in 1761. His residence was Hutton Hall in Essex.[1]

Booth had three daughters, of whom the eldest married Sir Henry Hoghton, 6th Baronet, as his second wife.[1][3]

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References

  1. ^ a b c John Nichols (1788). The Gentleman's Magazine. E. Cave. p. 565.
  2. ^ Governors of the Bank of England. Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Hoghton, Sir Henry, 6th Bt. (1728–95), of Walton Hall and Hoghton Tower, Lancs., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 16 December 2016.

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