John Angerstein (British Army Officer)
John Angerstein may refer to: * John Julius Angerstein (1735–1823), London merchant, Lloyd's under-writer, and patron of the fine arts * John Angerstein (MP) John Angerstein (''c.'' 1774 – 8 April 1858) was an English Whig politician from Blackheath, London. He was the only son of John Julius Angerstein, who had moved to London from Russia and made his fortune as a Lloyds underwriter. He was e ...

John Julius Angerstein
John Julius Angerstein (1735 – 22 January 1823) was a Russian-born British businessman and art collector who worked an underwriter for Lloyd's of London. It was the prospect that his collection of paintings was about to be sold by his estate in 1824 that suddenly galvanised King George IV and British Prime Minister Lord Liverpool into purchasing his collection for the nation, which led to the founding of the National Gallery in Angerstein's house at 100 Pall Mall, London. Parentage John Julius Angerstein was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1735. It has wrongly been suggested that he was a natural son of Empress Catherine II or of Elizabeth, Empress of Russia. Family tradition holds that his true parents were Empress Anna of Russia, then 42, and the London businessman Andrew Poulett Thompson; his first position after arriving in London at the age of fifteen was in Thompson's counting-house. Family In 1771 Angerstein married Anna Crockett (widow of Charles Crockett ...
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