P_10433_1551 – Peter Burrell
London merchant, government contractor and MP. Co-owner with the South Sea Co. (of which he was a director 1724-1733 and sub-Governor 1736-56) and Edward Bridgen of two voyages to the Gold Coast and Jamaica in 1726. Described by the History of Parliament as ‘a leading merchant in the Portugal trade.’ He was part of a political and mercantile dynasty, including his brother Merrick (1699-1787), his son Peter (1724-1775) and his grandson Peter, 1st Baron Gwydyr.
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First name: Peter
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Last name: Burrell
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Primary cohort: London
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Relations
Amy Raymond
Spouse (married 14/03/1723)
Political Offices Held
Parliament
MP for Haslemere 1722-54 and Dover 1755-56.
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Sources: PROB 11/821/406 https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/burrell-peter-i-1692-1756 Langley Park came to the Burrell family through the marriage of Peter Burrell (d. 1756) to Amy Raymond, daughter of Hugh Raymond of the South Sea Co.; she appears to have been the remainderwoman in her husband's lifetime, her nephew dying only in 1768.
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Organisations (2)
Royal Exchange Assurance
Role: Director
South Sea Company
Role: Director
Crossings (2)
75127 - Bellamont (1725 - 1726)
Role: Owner
76037 - Pye Gally (1725 - 1726)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 06/08/1692
Location: Beckenham (Kent)
Death
Date: 16/04/1756
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Courts: PCC
Peter Burrell in his will made 06/04/1756 left his estate at Beckenham and his town house in King Street, Covent Garden to his wife Amy for life, so long as she did not remarry, with remainder to his son Peter. He left his son William a moiety of the estate at Stoneham in Sussex and an annuity of £100 p.a. His residuary heir was his son Peter.
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