Benjamin Longuet

English banker

Benjamin Longuet (1685 – 21 February 1761)^[1]^[2] was an English banker who served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1747 to 1749, and who was a director of the bank from 1734 until his death. He had been Deputy Governor from 1745 to 1747. He replaced Charles Savage as Governor and was succeeded by William Hunt.^[3]

Longuet, one of several Bank of England governors of French Huguenot descent, was the son of John (or Samuel) Longuet, and was likely a grandson of Jean Longuet of Bayeux.^[4] His family were successful merchants in London. He died unmarried.^[5]

References

^ "List of Deaths for the Year 1761". The Gentleman's Magazine. E. Cave: 94. 1761. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ Agnew, David Carnegie (1886). Refugees naturalized before 1681. Turnbull & Spears. p. 271.
^ Governors of the Bank of England. Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
^ Higonnet, Patrice L. R.; Landes, David S.; Rosovsky, Henry; Landes, Coolidge Professor of History and Professor of Economics Emeritus David S. (1991). Favorites of Fortune: Technology, Growth, and Economic Development Since the Industrial Revolution. Harvard University Press. p. 231. ISBN 9780674295209. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ Proceedings of the Huguenot society 1886.