Difference between revisions of "Paterson, William"

From AngloScottish
Jump to: navigation, search
(Created page with "{{Template2 |Dates=1680s-1710s |Location=Bristol |Vocation=Merchant; politician |Place of Birth=Skipmyre |Marriage=Elizabeth Turner; Hannah Kemp |Source=Oxford Dictionary of N...")
 
(No difference)

Latest revision as of 10:23, 24 October 2013

Dates 1680s-1710s
Location Bristol
Vocation Merchant; politician
Place of Birth Skipmyre
Marriage Elizabeth Turner; Hannah Kemp
Issue
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Member of the Merchant Taylors' Company (1681). Co-founder of the Bank of England (1694), and of the Company of Scotland (1695). Accompanied first expedition of Isthmus of Darien (1698). Lived for a time in New York. Supported Anglo-Scottish Union (1707), and elected MP for Dumfriesshire (1708), although denied his seat.