Merrik Burrell

Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Baronet (5 November 1699 – 6 April 1787)[1] was a British politician.

Detail of the monument to Merrik Burrell in St George's Church, West Grinstead

He was the second son of Peter Burrell and his wife Isabella Merrik, daughter of John Merrik.[2] He bought West Grinstead Park in 1744.

Burrell entered the British House of Commons for Great Marlow in 1747,[3] sat for it until 1754 and was subsequently returned for Grampound, which he represented until 1768.[3] He was elected for Haslemere in 1774[4] and stood then for Great Bedwyn, becoming its representative until 1784.[3]

Burrell was governor of the Bank of England from 1758 to 1760,[5] and on 15 July 1766, he was created a baronet, of West Grinstead Park in the County of Sussex, with a special remainder to the heirs male of his older brother Peter.[6] Burrell's tenure as Governor occurred during the Bengal bubble (1757–1769).

Burrell died unmarried and childless in 1787.[7] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew's son Peter, who was later elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Gwydyr.[8]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 26 April 2009.
2. "ThePeerage - Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Bt". Retrieved 18 February 2007.
3. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Grampound, Great Bedwyn & Great Marlow". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
4. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Haslemere". Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
5. Richard Roberts; David Kynaston, eds. (1995). The Bank of England: Money, Power and Influence 1694-1994. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 248. ISBN 0-19-828952-9.
6. "No. 10641". The London Gazette. 12 July 1766. p. 1.
7. Sylvanus, Urban (1787). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: David Henry. p. 366.
8. Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. pp. 524.