William Mellish (banker)

William Mellish (1764–1838) was an English Tory politician and banker.^[1]

He was born in the City of Westminster on 13 June 1764,^[2] the third son of William Mellish of Blyth, Nottinghamshire by his second wife Anne Gore, daughter and co-heiress of John Gore of Bush Hill Park, Enfield, London.^[3]

In 1794 Mellish inherited Bush Hill Park from his aunt, Catherine Mellish (née Gore), widow of Joseph Mellish.

With his brother John, he owned the business of John and William Mellish & Co. Having served as a director and Deputy Governor, Mellish was made Governor of the Bank of England from 1814 to 1816.

He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby from 1796 to 1802 and from 1803 to 1806, then as MP for Middlesex from 1806 to 1820.

Mellish died at his residence on Bishopsgate Street, London ^[4] on 8 June 1838, aged 73, and was buried at All Saints' Church, Edmonton.^[5] He never married. After his death, the proceeds of his estates were divided between his nephews and nieces.

References[edit]

^ "Biography of William Mellish (1764-1838) - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Nottingham University. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Baptisms St George, Hanover Square 1764
^ "MELLISH, William (?1764-1838), of Bush Hill, Edmonton, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
^ London Evening Standard 11 June 1838
^ The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol III - Cansick 1875.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Mellish, William (1764?–1838), banker and politician by Michael Reed

External links[edit]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Mellish

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[Notts-1] "Biography of William Mellish (1764-1838) - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Nottingham University. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[2] Baptisms St George, Hanover Square 1764

[3] "MELLISH, William (?1764-1838), of Bush Hill, Edmonton, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

[4] London Evening Standard 11 June 1838

[5] The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol III - Cansick 1875.

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