William Mellish (other)
William Mellish is the name of: * William Mellish (died 1791) (c. 1710–1791), British government administrator and Member of Parliament * William Mellish (victualler) (c. 1763–1834), English businessman * William Mellish (banker) (c. 1764–1838), English politician, banker and Governor of the Bank of England, son of the above * William Mellish (cricketer) William Leigh Mellish (11 June 1813 – 18 April 1864) was an English soldier, landowner and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1832. He was born in East Tuddenham, Norfolk and died at Hodsock Priory, near Work ...

William Mellish (died 1791)
William Mellish (c.1710 – 16 December 1791) was a British government administrator and Member of Parliament. He was born the second son of Joseph Mellish of Doncaster, Yorkshire and Blyth Hall, Nottinghamshire and was educated at Eton School (1725) and Peterhouse, Cambridge (1726). He studied law in Lincoln's Inn (1725) and the Inner Temple (1734). He succeeded to Blyth in 1757 on the death of his elder brother Edward. His younger brother Joseph was MP for Great Grimsby. He was employed as the Lord Treasurer’s remembrancer in the Exchequer from 1733 to 1754. He was appointed a Commissioner of Excise for 1751-1760 and Receiver General of Customs from 1760 to January 1763 and from 1765 to 1786. He served as Joint Secretary to the Treasury in July 1765. Mellish was elected the Member of Parliament for East Retford from 1741 to 18 December 1751. He died in 1791. He had married twice, firstly Kitty da Costa, the daughter of Joseph da Costa, with whom he had 2 sons and secondl ...
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William Mellish (victualler)
William Mellish (c. 1763–1834) was an English businessman who was involved in supplying the Royal Navy, particularly during the American War of Independence. He also owned or partly owned a number of whaling ships. Career For much of his career, he was in business with his brother Peter Mellish. Their father, Peter Mellish, Sr., had been a butcher in Shadwell, and they bid to supply the Navy with beef under a competitive tendering procedure. Thus, for example, in 1794 they won the contract to supply 3,000 head of oxen for sea stores. Legacy His estate was worth about £3m when he died. He had two heirs, his daughters Elizabeth and Margaret Lauretta, who both married improvident aristocrats: Elizabeth married Lord Edward Thynne in 1830, and Margaret married The 2nd Earl of Glengall in 1834. The same year Margaret paid for a family vault for her father in Highgate Cemetery. In 1847, Elizabeth unsuccessfully attempted to gain a greater share of their father's estate with a cour ...
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William Mellish (banker)
William Mellish (c. 1764–1838) was an English Tory politician and banker. He was the third son of William Mellish of Blyth, Nottinghamshire by his second wife Anne Gore. With his brother John, he owned the business of John and William Mellish & Co. Having served as a director and Deputy Governor, Mellish was made Governor of the Bank of England from 1814 to 1816. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby from 1796 to 1802 and from 1803 to 1806, then as MP for Middlesex from 1806 to 1820. He never married. References *''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Mellish, William (1764?–1838), banker and politician by Michael Reed External links * 1760s births 1838 deaths Governors of the Bank of England Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Great Grimsby British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Great Grimsby UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 Deputy Gov ...
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