Sir William Pratt Call, 2nd Baronet (28 September 1781 – 3 December 1851) is best known for holding the office of
High Sheriff of Cornwall
Sheriffs and high sheriffs of Cornwall: a chronological list:
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between 1807 and 1808, and for being a partner in a London banking house.
He was the fifth child and second son of
Sir John Call of Whiteford, 1st Baronet (30 June 1732 – 1 March 1801)
[''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' article by D. L. Prior, ''Call, Sir John, first baronet (1732–1801)'']
accessed 11 Sept 2006 and his wife Philadelphia Batty. He was educated between 1797 and 1799 in
Winchester College
Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...
, and succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Call, of Whiteford, Cornwall, upon the death of his father on 1 March 1801. Call played
first-class cricket
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1817 and 1818 as a member of
Marylebone Cricket Club
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(MCC).
He married Louisa Georgina Forbes (December, 1779 – 25 January 1830) on 19 June 1806. They had four children (three daughters and a son), as follows: Phillida Elizabeth, who married the Rev. George Henry Somerset in 1835; Georgiana Mary, who died in 1837; William Berkeley Call, who succeeded him as the third Baronet; and Augusta, who married Capt. George D. Patterson of the British 98th Regiment. The Baronetcy was extinguished with the death of fourth Baronet, William George Montagu Call, on 22 December 1864. He was a partner with Call, Marten & Company of Old Bond Street, a London banking house, founded by his father,.
Location of Call, Marten & Co. Archives
/ref> He died at age 70 in Whiteford House
Whiteford House was an English country house near Stoke Climsland, Cornwall. It was built in 1775 by John Call and demolished in 1913.
History
There had been a house at Whiteford since around the 13th century, owned by various families. The e ...
, Stoke Climsland
Stoke Climsland is a village in the valley of the River Tamar, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom within the civil parish of Stokeclimsland. The population of the parish including Luckett at the 2011 census was 1,703. An electoral ward of the s ...
, Cornwall.
References
1781 births
1851 deaths
People from Stoke Climsland
People educated at Winchester College
English bankers
Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
High Sheriffs of Cornwall
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
19th-century British businesspeople
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