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Bartholomew Burton (c. 1695 – 1770) was a British financier, banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1759 to 1768. He was Governor of the Bank of England from 1760 to 1762.

Early life

Burton, who was born in c. 1695, was the fourth son of Bartholomew Burton of North Luffenham, Rutland, and his second wife Susanna Gregory, daughter of George Gregory. He was the brother of William Burton who was also an MP.

Career

Burton was a director of the Bank of England from 1746 to 1758 when he became Deputy Governor. He was brought into parliament at a time of financial crisis as Member of Parliament for Camelford at a by-election on 25 May 1759. He became Governor of the Bank of England in 1760. Burton's tenure as Governor occurred during the Bengal bubble (1757–1769). At the 1761 general election he was returned unopposed again as MP for Camelford. He decided not to stand at the 1768 general election.

Personal life

Burton was thrice married. His first marriage was on 25 May 1729 to Hester Mansell. After her death, he married secondly on 2 September 1733, Philadelphia Herne, daughter of Nathaniel Herne, MP, and had one daughter. Before her death on 23 April 1762, they were the parents of one daughter:

• Sarah Burton (d. 1812), who married Vice-Adm. Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet, son of Arabella Dawson and Adm. Sir William Rowley, at St Stephen Coleman Street in 1759.

He married a third time to Elizabeth Marke (d. 1762), daughter of John Marke.

Burton died in May 1770.

Descendants

Through his daughter Sarah, he was a grandfather of Sir William Rowley, 2nd Baronet (MP for Suffolk), Philadelphia Rowley (wife of Adm. Sir Charles Cotton, 5th Baronet), Adm. Bartholomew Rowley (Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station), the Rev. Joshua Rowley, and Adm. Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Baronet.

See also

• Chief Cashier of the Bank of England

References

1. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. 3 (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd.
2. Governors of the Bank of England. Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
3. ^ "BURTON, Bartholomew (c.1695-1770), of King's Arms Yard, Coleman St., London, and Petersham, Surr". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
4. Society, Harleian (1910). The Publications of the Harleian Society: Registers. The Society. p. 363. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
5. "Philadelphia Herne". geneanet.org. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
6. Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1901). Fragmenta Genealogica. Printed at the private Press of F.A. Crisp. p. 77. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
7. "PETERSHAM. Petersham-lodge. | Appendix: Corrections to volume 1". www.british-history.ac.uk. British History Online. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
8. A Naval Biographical Dictionary Vol. 3, O’Byrne, p. 1011

• Governors of the Bank of England
• 1690s births
• 1770 deaths
• Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
• British MPs 1754–1761
• British MPs 1761–1768
• British bankers
• Deputy governors of the Bank of England