Sir Joshua Vanneck, 1st Baronet (1702 – 6 March 1777) was a

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merchant. Vanneck was born in

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, the son of Cornelius Van Neck. He emigrated to

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in 1722 and became a successful

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merchant. This enabled him to purchase the estate of

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. In 1751 he was created a Baronet, of Putney in the County of Surrey. Vanneck married Mary Anne Daubuz, Huguenot, daughter of Stephen Daubuz, in 1732. He died in March 1777 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son

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. His second son Joshua jr was raised to the Irish peerage as Baron Huntingfield in 1796.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * *
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