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SARGENT, John (1715-91), of May Place, Crayford, Kent.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Family and Education
b. 1715, o.s. of John Sargent, storekeeper of the King’s Yard, Deptford, by his w. Mary? Arnold.1 m. Rosamund Chambers, 2s.
Offices Held
Director, Bank of England 1753-67 (with statutory intervals).
Biography
John Sargent, a merchant trading with North America,2 was brought in by Lord Montagu, the patron of Midhurst, at the request of Henry Pelham.3 He died 20 Sept. 1791.