Richard Down (20 April 1734 – 26 July 1814) was an English banker of
Bartholomew Lane
Bartholomew Lane, in the City of London, runs between the junction of Lothbury and Throgmorton Street in the north to Threadneedle Street in the south. The lane is bordered on its western side by the Bank of England
The Bank of England ...
in the
City of London.
Early life and family
Richard Down was born in 1734 in
Tiverton, Devonshire. In 1772, he married Rose Neale at
St James the Great,
Friern Barnet. Rose was the daughter of Henry Neale, the former owner of Halliwick Manor who lost the manor house when he was made bankrupt.
["Lords of the Manor".]
John Philpott, ''Friern Barnet Newsletter'', Number 44 (February 2011), pp. 1-2.
Career
Down was a partner in the prominent city
bank firm Down, Thornton & Free, with
Henry Thornton being one of the other partners. After their deaths the bank continued to trade as Pole, Thornton, Free, Down &
Scott
Scott may refer to:
Places Canada
* Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec
* Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380
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, retaining their surnames.
Death and legacy
Down died on 26 July 1814 at his house in
Colney Hatch
Colney Hatch () is the historical name for a small district within the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. Colney Hatch refers to a loosely defined area centred on the northern end of Colney Hatch Lane (B550), which connects Friern ...
, aged 80 and was buried at
St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange
St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange was a church and parish in the City of London located on Bartholomew Lane, off Threadneedle Street. Recorded since the 13th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, then rebuilt by ...
, as was his wife Rose in 1832, and five of their children. Upon demolition of that church in 1840, the coffins and monuments were transferred to
St James the Great, Friern Barnet. Down is memorialised in a plaque at the east end of the aisle inside the choir vestry.
[ His wife and six of his children are additionally memorialised there in a plaque by the sculptor ]John Bacon the younger
John Bacon (1777–1859), also known as John Bacon the Younger, or Junior, to distinguish him from his equally famous father, was an English sculptor.
Biography
Bacon was the second son of the sculptor John Bacon and his wife Elizabeth Wade. H ...
.
His will is held by the British National Archives at Kew.Will of Richard Down, Banker of Bartholomew Lane, City of London.
The National Archives. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
References
External links
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1734 births
1814 deaths
English bankers
Businesspeople from Tiverton, Devon