Benjamin Longuet (1685 – 21 February 1761) was an English banker who served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1747 to 1749, and who was a director of the bank from 1734 until his death. He had been Deputy Governor from 1745 to 1747. He replaced Charles Savage as Governor and was succeeded by William Hunt.
Longuet, one of several Bank of England governors of French Huguenot descent, was the son of John (or Samuel) Longuet, and was likely a grandson of Jean Longuet of Bayeux. His family were successful merchants in London. He died unmarried.
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- "List of Deaths for the Year 1761". The Gentleman's Magazine. E. Cave: 94. 1761. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- Agnew, David Carnegie (1886). Refugees naturalized before 1681. Turnbull & Spears. p. 271.
- 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.
- Higonnet, Patrice L. R.; Landes, David S.; Rosovsky, Henry; Landes, Coolidge Professor of History and Professor of Economics Emeritus David S. (1991). Favorites of Fortune: Technology, Growth, and Economic Development Since the Industrial Revolution. Harvard University Press. p. 231. ISBN 9780674295209. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- Proceedings of the Huguenot society 1886.
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