Benjamin Bathurst
D.O.B: 03/10/1638
D.O.D: 27/04/1704
A prominent East India Company merchant and court financier, Bathurst was a long-serving Assistant and leader of the Royal African Company. He served as an Assistant from 1677–9, in 1684, 1687–8, 1690–5, 1700, and as Deputy Governor from 1680–1, and Sub Governor from 1682–3, 1685–6, 1689. As such he led the Company through one of its most successful periods, when its monopoly was closest to being enforceable. He held over £3,000 worth of African Company stock. He traded profitably in Royal African Stock throughout the 1680s (often with East India Company colleagues) and received substantial dividends. During his association with the Royal African Company it mounted two hundred and twenty two slave trading voyages.
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Primary cohort:
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Primary outcome:
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Sir Allen Apsley
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Political Offices Held
Parliament
Bere Alston, 1685-87
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New Romney, 1702-4
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Alderman of the City of London, Cripplegate Ward, 1677, 1683-86, 1703
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Treasurer to Princess Anne, 1683-1702; Treasurer to the Duke of York, 1683-84
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Birth
Date:
03/10/1638
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Death
Date:
27/04/1704
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Location:
Towcester (Northamptonshire)
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17/01/1682
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Residencies
Paulersbury, Northamptonshire
Towcester (Northamptonshire)
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St James, Westminster
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Occupation:
Merchant – East Indies
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Economic sector:
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Substantial fortune derived from financial roles at Court
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City of London (Middlesex)
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Philanthropy
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Social
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Towcester (Northamptonshire)
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Year:
1704
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£20
£20 to the Poor of Paulersbury, Northamptonshire
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Social
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Rugby (Warwickshire)
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Year:
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Value:
£20
£20 to the Poor of Hothorpe (Leicestershire, formerly in Northamptonshire)
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Social
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Westminster (London)
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Year:
1704
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£50 to the Poor of St James's Parish, Westminster
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£80
£80 to the Poor Children of Christ's Hospital
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500
Date of purchase:
20/06/1676
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23/12/1679
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16/01/1683
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