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]
He was born the son of the merchant John Heath and grandson of the scholar Benjamin Heath. He was educated at Harrow School, became a London merchant and was appointed Consul General to the King of Sardinia.[2]
He was appointed to be Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1842 to 1845. He then replaced William Cotton as Governor and was succeeded in turn by William Robinson.[3]
He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1832 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843.[2] In 1867 he was created a Baron of the Kingdom of Italy.
On his death in 1879 he was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
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References
- ↑ "Heath, John Benjamin, 1st Baron (1790 -1879)". The Bibligraphical Society of London. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ Governors of the Bank of England. Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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