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Raikes Currie
Raikes Currie (15 April 1801 – 16 October 1881) was Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton from 1837 to 1857. He was a partner of the bank Curries & Co, along with his father, Isaac Currie, in Cornhill, City of London, and had several interests in the newly developing colony of South Australia. He restored Minley Manor and made substantial improvements to the estate, work which was continued by his son and grandson. The family bank was connected to slavery in the British West Indies and contributed some £9,000 (possibly as much as £50,000) to the creation of South Australia in 1836. Family His father, Isaac Currie (1760–1843), of Bush Hill, Middlesex, England, was a senior partner of the bank Curries & Co. and the son of William Currie, Distiller and Banker, of Gatton Park, Surrey. Currie and his sons were financially connected to slavery and benefited from compensation awarded to slaveholders upon the emancipation of slavery in the 1830s. The Curries belonged to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northampton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Northampton was a parliamentary constituency (centred on the town of Northampton), which existed until 1974. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was reduced to one member for the 1918 general election. The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new constituencies of Northampton North and Northampton South. A former MP of note for the constituency was Spencer Perceval, the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated. Members of Parliament MPs 1295–1640 *''1295: constituency established, electing two MPs'' MPs 1640–1918 MPs 1918–1974 Election results Elections in the 1830s * After the election, a 13-day scrutiny was approved by the Mayor and tallies were revised to 1,570 for Robinson, 1,279 for Vernon Smith, 1,157 for Gunning, and 185 for Lyon. 188 votes were rejected. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Bayly
Nathaniel Bayly (c.1726–1798) was an English owner of West Indies plantations and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1770 to 1779. Early life In 1726, Nathaniel Bayly was born in Westbury, Wiltshire.''Nathaniel Bayly'', Legacies of British Slave-Ownership https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146638579 Retrieved 23 March 2021. In the 1730s, Nathaniel Bayly was a young boy when his family relocated with him to the Colony of Jamaica. In 1759, Nathaniel Bayly moved to England, and he conducted a trans-Atlantic family business with his brother Zachary Bayly (planter), Zachary Bayly, using their slaves on their Jamaican estates to create large profits, and using their political contacts to protect their investments. Slave owner The Bayly family owned several plantations and thousands of slaves in the Colony of Jamaica The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
