Detail of the monument to Merrik Burrell in St George's Church, West Grinstead

Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Baronet (5 November 1699 – 6 April 1787)[1] was a British politician.

He was the second son of Peter Burrell and his wife, Isabella Merrik, daughter of John Merrik.[2] He bought West Grinstead Park in 1744.

Burrell entered the British House of Commons for Great Marlow in 1747, sat for it until 1754 and was subsequently returned for Grampound, which he represented until 1768.[3]

He was elected for Haslemere in 1774[4] and stood then for Great Bedwyn, becoming its representative until 1784.[3]

Burrell was governor of the Bank of England from 1758 to 1760,[5] and, on 15 July 1766, he was created a baronet, of West Grinstead Park in the County of Sussex, with a special remainder to the heirs male of his older brother Peter.[6] Burrell's tenure as Governor occurred during the Bengal bubble (1757–1769).

Burrell died unmarried and childless in 1787.[7] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew's son, Peter, who was later elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Gwydyr.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "ThePeerage - Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Bt". Retrieved 18 February 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Grampound, Great Bedwyn & Great Marlow". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Haslemere". Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Richard Roberts; David Kynaston, eds. (1995). The Bank of England: Money, Power and Influence 1694-1994. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 248. ISBN 0-19-828952-9.
  6. ^ "No. 10641". The London Gazette. 12 July 1766. p. 1.
  7. ^ Sylvanus, Urban (1787). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: David Henry. p. 366.
  8. ^ Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. pp. 524.
Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byWilliam Ockenden Samuel Tufnell Member of Parliament for Great Marlow 1747–1754 With: William Ockenden Succeeded byCharles Churchill Daniel Moore Preceded byLord George Bentinck Thomas Hawkins Member of Parliament for Grampound 1754–1768 With: Simon Fanshawe Succeeded byGrey Cooper Charles Wolfran Cornwall Preceded byWilliam Burrell Thomas More Molyneux Member of Parliament for Haslemere 1774–1780 With: Thomas More Molyneux 1774–1776Peter Burrell 1776–1780 Succeeded byJames Lowther Edward Norton Preceded byPaul Methuen Viscount Cranborne Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1780–1784 With: Paul Methuen 1780–1781Paul Cobb Methuen 1781–1784 Succeeded byMarquess of Graham Robert Manners Government offices Preceded byMatthews Beachcroft Governor of the Bank of England 1758–1760 Succeeded byBartholomew Burton Baronetage of Great Britain New creation Baronet (of West Grinstead Park) 1766–1787 Succeeded byPeter Burrell


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