John Benjamin Heath
John Benjamin Heath FRS FSA (6 June 1790 – 16 January 1879) was Governor of the Bank of England from 1845 to 1847.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]He was born the son of the merchant John Heath and grandson of the scholar Benjamin Heath. He was educated at Harrow School.
Career
[edit | edit source]Like his father, he became a successful London merchant who was appointed to be Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1842 to 1845, replaced William Cotton as Governor and was succeeded in turn by William Robinson.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1832 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843.[3]
Heath was appointed Consul General to the King of Sardinia and in 1867 he was created a Baron of the Kingdom of Italy.[3]
On his death in 1879 he was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Heath married Sophia Bland, the daughter of physician Robert Bland and brother of Australian pioneer William Bland.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
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- 1790 births
- 1879 deaths
- People educated at Harrow School
- 19th-century British merchants
- British bankers
- Deputy governors of the Bank of England
- Governors of the Bank of England
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Burials at Highgate Cemetery
- Barons in the Peerage of Sardinia
- 19th-century English businesspeople
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