John Drew (banker)

John Drew
In office
1791
High Sheriff of Sussex
Personal details
Born 1734
Chichester, Sussex, England
Died 1808
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Lucy Hart
Agnes, Lady Frankland
Mary Powlett Drinkwater
Children John Drew
Occupation Banker
Religion Church of England

John Drew (1734 – 1808) was an English banker and landowner, who served as High Sheriff of Sussex.

Life

Baptised on 12 August 1734 in Chichester, he was the eldest son of John Drew and his first wife Margaret Haskell. He became a partner in what was known as the Chichester Old Bank, the partners being Griffiths, Chaldecott, Drew & Trew in 1783, Griffiths, Chaldecott & Drew by 1790, Griffiths, Drew & Co by 1796, Griffiths, Drew and Ridge in 1805[1] and after his death Ridge & Murray. The business has since became part of the Royal Bank of Scotland.[2]

An alderman of the city, he served as mayor in 1785 and again in 1798[3] 0n 4 February 1791 he was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex.[4]

As well as his business in Chichester, he invested in lands outside the city. In 1788 he became joint owner of the manor of Keynor in the parish of Sidlesham[5] and he also had extensive lands in the adjoining parish of Earnley.[6]

His will was proved in London on 22 June 1808.[7]

Family

On 15 December 1763, at the church of St Andrew in Chichester, he married Lucy Hart (1739-1774),.[8] She died on 9 March 1774 and of their children only one son reached adulthood.

On 25 October 1781, at the church of All Saints in Chichester, he married Agnes, Lady Frankland (1726-1783),[9] the American widow of Sir Charles Henry Frankland, 4th Baronet. She died on 23 April 1783 and was buried at the church of St Pancras in Chichester.

He made a third marriage on 23 April 1804 at St Luke's Church, Chelsea to a spinster, Mary Powlett Drinkwater (1744-1827), daughter of Woodroffe Drinkwater and his wife Ann Costellow.[10] She survived him, dying on 4 June 1827. In her will of 4 November 1825, proved in London on 16 August 1827, the first beneficiary was Charles Peckham Peckham, grandson of her sister Elizabeth who had married John Peckham of Nyton, and she also left bequests to her husband's two grandchildren.[11]

His son John Drew (1764-1800) married Lady Susan Tharp (1768-1826), the daughter of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, and his wife Lady Charlotte Stewart. Her sister, Lady Augusta Murray, was married to the King's son, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. Susan was the widow of Joseph Tharp (1767-1797), heir to a huge sugar fortune amassed in Jamaica by his father John Tharp of Chippenham Park, and had two children. With John she had two daughters, Lucy Ann Drew born 1798[12] and Georgiana Drew born posthumously in 1801,[13] but neither married. Their mother made a third marriage to an Irish clergyman, the Reverend Archibald Edward Douglas, and had a further child.

References

  1. ↑ Reverend Alexander Hay (1805). "The Chichester Guide And Directory". J Seagrave. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  2. ↑ "Ridge & Co". Heritagearchives.rbs.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  3. ↑ "Chichester City Council : List of Mayors" (PDF). Chichestercity.gov.uk. 1239. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ L F Salzman, ed. (1953). "'Sidlesham', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4, the Rape of Chichester". London: British-history.ac.uk. pp. 210–215. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  6. ↑ James Dallaway BM FAS Prebendary Of Hova Ecclesia And Rector Of Slynfold (1815). "A History Of The Western Division Of The County of Sussex Including The Rapes Of Chichester Arundel And Bramber With The City And Diocese Of Chichester". Retrieved 2 November 2015. In two Volumes, Vol I, London, printed by T Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London
  7. ↑ "PROB 11/1480/260 Will of John Drew of Chichester, Sussex". Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. 22 June 1808. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  8. ↑ ""England Marriages, 1538–1973"". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015. John Drew and Lucy Hart, 15 December 1763; Saint Andrew, Chichester, Sussex, England, reference; FHL microfilm 504,430
  9. ↑ ""England Marriages, 1538–1973"". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015. John Drew and Agnes Frankland, 25 October 1781, All Saints, Chichester, Sussex, England, FHL microfilm 504,430
  10. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Luke, Chelsea, Register of marriages, P74/LUK, Item 202, cited in 'Sussex Notes and Queries', vol 7, p110
  11. ↑ "West Sussex Record Office. ADD MSS/13160 Probate of will of Mary Powlett Drew of Chichester, widow". Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  12. ↑ ""England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,"". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 11 November 2015. Lucy Ann Drew, 19 Jun 1798, St Marylebone, London, England reference FHL microfilm 580,906, 580,907
  13. ↑ ""England Births and Christenings,1538-1975,"". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 11 November 2015. Georgiana Drew, Aug 1801, Saint Pancras, Chichester, Sussex, England, FHL microfilm 504,431
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