Sheffield Neave

Sheffield Neave (1799–1868) was an English merchant and Governor of the Bank of England from 1857 to 1859.[1][2]

Life

He was the son of Sir Thomas Neave, 2nd Baronet and his wife Frances Digby, daughter of William Digby, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[1][3] He had been Deputy Governor from 1855 to 1857. He replaced Thomas Matthias Weguelin as Governor and was succeeded by Bonamy Dobrée.[2]

Family

Neave married Mary, daughter of David Richard Morier. Two sons, Sheffield Henry Morier Neave and Edward Strangways Neave, were partners in the family merchant house R. & T. Neave, the former being the father of Sheffield Airey Neave.[1][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Summary of Individual Sheffield Neave, 11th Apr 1799 – 22nd Sep 1868, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 Governors of the Bank of England. Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ↑ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Neave, Sheffield
  4. ↑ Catherine Hall; Nicholas Draper; Keith McClelland; Katie Donington, Rachel Lang (28 August 2014). Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Cambridge University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-107-04005-2.

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