Daniel Booth (died 7 June 1788)
was
Governor of the Bank of England
The governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent choosing and mentoring a successor. The governor ...
from 1779 to 1781. He had been
Deputy Governor from 1777 to 1779. He replaced
Peter Gaussen as Governor and was succeeded by
William Ewer. Booth's tenure as Governor occurred during the
Bengal bubble crash (1769–1784).
Life
He was the son of Daniel Booth, factor to the Canterbury weavers. He became a Bank of England director in 1761. His residence was Hutton Hall in
Essex
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.
Booth had three daughters, of whom the eldest married
Sir Henry Hoghton, 6th Baronet, as his second wife.
See also
*
Chief Cashier of the Bank of England
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Governors of the Bank of England
Year of birth missing
1788 deaths
British bankers
Deputy governors of the Bank of England
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