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Merrik Burrell

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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

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  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 by Member of Parliament for Great Marlow
17471754
With: William Ockenden
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Grampound
17541768
With: Simon Fanshawe
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Haslemere
17741780
With: Thomas More Molyneux 1774–1776
Peter Burrell 1776–1780
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn
17801784
With: Paul Methuen 1780–1781
Paul Cobb Methuen 1781–1784
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Bank of England
1758–1760
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
(of West Grinstead Park)
1766–1787
Succeeded by