John Stevenson Salt
John Stevenson Salt | |
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| Born | 25 June 1775 England |
| Died | 16 August 1845 (aged 70) Russell Square, London |
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| Children | Ten, including William Salt |
| Relatives | Sir Thomas Salt Bt. MP (grandson) |
John Stevenson Salt (25 June 1775 – 16 August 1845)[1] was an English barrister, banker and land owner.
He was born in June 1775, the son of Thomas Salt (died 1788) of Rugeley, Staffordshire and Elizabeth Stevenson. He was baptised 7 August 1775 in Aston, Warwickshire.[2]
He married in 1800 Sarah Stevenson, granddaughter of William Stevenson, founder in 1737 of in Stafford. The bank was established at Cheapside, London in 1788. Salt became a partner in the bank, which in 1801 was renamed Stevenson and Salt. In 1867 it merged with Bosanquet & Co and later with Lloyds Banking Company.
He owned estates at Weeping Cross, Stafford where in 1813 he built the White House, and at , Staffordshire. He served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1838.
His ten children included:
- Thomas Salt (b 1791) his heir, who replaced the White House with a new mansion, Baswich House, built in 1850 (and demolished in March 2009). His son was Sir Thomas Salt Bt. MP.
- William Salt (1808–1863), banker and antiquarian, after whom the William Salt Library at Stafford is named.
- Rev Joseph Salt (1810–1862), Rector of Standon, Staffordshire from 1845.
References[]
- ^ "Died". Morning Post. London, England. 18 August 1845. p. 8. Retrieved 12 August 2014 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
On the 16th inst., at his residence, No. 9, Russell-square, John Stevenson Salt, Esq., aged 70.
- ^ Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812.
- Handbook of London Bankers Frederick G Price (1970) p 17. Google Books.
- A Survey of Staffordshire, containing the Antiquities of that County Sampson and Erdeswick (1829) p99. Google Books.
- 1775 births
- 1845 deaths
- English bankers
- High Sheriffs of Staffordshire
- People from Rugeley