Peter Thellusson
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Peter [de] Thellusson was a French-Swiss businessman and banker who settled in London
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Thellusson was a member of a Huguenot
family which had fled France for Geneva in the 16th century. His father Isaac had started a Swiss bank and became the Genevan ambassador to Paris. Peter and his brother George-Tobie managed the successful bank in cooperation with Jacques Necker
. He managed the London branch of the bank from 1760, but started his own finance house in Philpot Lane, and in 1761 took British nationality by Act of Parliament. On 6 January 1760 he married Ann, daughter of Matthew Woodford and sister of Sir Ralph Woodford of Carlby, Lincolnshire.
He was also involved in other businesses. becoming a director of the Bank of England
, part owner of several sugar refineries, and an importer of tobacco and sugar from the West Indies. He built a large house for himself 'Plaistow Lodge' at Bromley
in Kent (Now Bromley Parish CofE Primary School) and in 1790 bought the Brodsworth estate in South Yorkshire (House and gardens English Heritage)
After his death his estate was embroiled in the Thellusson Will Case
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His son Peter-Isaac was created Baron Rendlesham
in 1806.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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Thellusson was a member of a Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
family which had fled France for Geneva in the 16th century. His father Isaac had started a Swiss bank and became the Genevan ambassador to Paris. Peter and his brother George-Tobie managed the successful bank in cooperation with Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789.-Early life:...
. He managed the London branch of the bank from 1760, but started his own finance house in Philpot Lane, and in 1761 took British nationality by Act of Parliament. On 6 January 1760 he married Ann, daughter of Matthew Woodford and sister of Sir Ralph Woodford of Carlby, Lincolnshire.
He was also involved in other businesses. becoming a director of the Bank of England
Bank of England
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world...
, part owner of several sugar refineries, and an importer of tobacco and sugar from the West Indies. He built a large house for himself 'Plaistow Lodge' at Bromley
Bromley
Bromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...
in Kent (Now Bromley Parish CofE Primary School) and in 1790 bought the Brodsworth estate in South Yorkshire (House and gardens English Heritage)
After his death his estate was embroiled in the Thellusson Will Case
Thellusson Will Case
The Thellusson Will Case is an English trusts law case. It was a law suit resulting from the will of Peter Thellusson, an English merchant ....
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His son Peter-Isaac was created Baron Rendlesham
Baron Rendlesham
Baron Rendlesham, of Rendlesham, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for the businessman Peter Thellusson, who also represented Midhurst, Malmesbury and Bossiney in Parliament. The Thellusson family were of French Protestant origin, but settled in Geneva, Switzerland, after...
in 1806.