Peter Delmé

Sir Peter Delmé (died 1728) was a notable English figure in commerce and banking in the early 18th century.

Delmé was the third son of Pierre Delmé and Sibella Nightingale. He became a London merchant with trade to Turkey and Portugal, and at the time of his death was reputedly the "greatest exporter of woolen goods of any one person in England.".^[1] He was knighted in 1714, served as Deputy Governor^[2] and then Governor of the Bank of England (1715–1717), was Sheriff of London in 1717, and in 1723 was made Lord Mayor of London. He also served as an Alderman of Langbourn Ward.

Family

He married Anne Machan, daughter of Cornelius Machan, Esq. and Elizabeth Penton, on 26 January 1709. They had four children (3 sons and a daughter):

• Anne Delmé (died June 1794), who married Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.^[3]
• Peter Delmé (28 February 1710 – 10 April 1770),^[4] who became a politician and whose son, also called Peter Delmé, also became a politician.

He died 4 September 1728 at his home in Fenchurch Street, London, England. In his will, he left a substantial estate to his children and a bequest to Morden College.^[5] An ornate memorial in his honour is in the Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens.^[6]

References

1. "Maryland Gazette". William Parks. January 7, 1729.
2. "Deputy Governors of the Bank of England" (PDF). Bank of England. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
3. Burke, Bernard (1879). A Genealogical and Heraldic of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland (6 ed.). London: Harrison. p. 451.
4. A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe http://thepeerage.com/p1618.htm#i16176. Date accessed: 13 November 2011.
5. From: 'Charlton', The Environs of London: volume 4: Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent (1796), pp. 324-42. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45480. Date accessed: 3 October 2007.
6. Memorials, The Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens http://www.stmargaretpattens.org/Memorials.htm Date accessed: 13 November 2011.