Family and Education
b. c. 1660, 1st s. of Joas Bateman, London merchant and alderman, of Tooting by Judith, da. of John de la Barre, London merchant. m. (lic. 3 Dec. 1691, aged ‘about 31’) Esther, da. and coh. of John Searle, merchant, of Finchley, Mdx.,Foster, London Marriage Licenses. 4s. 3da. Kntd. 14 Dec. 1698. suc. fa. 1704.
Offices Held
Sheriff, London 1701 – 02, alderman 1708, ld. mayor 1716 – 17; member of Loriners’ Co. 1708; prime warden, Fishmongers’ Co. 1710–12.
Director, Bank of England 1694–1703 (with statutory intervals), dep. gov. 1703–5, gov. 1705 – 07, director 1707 – 11; director, New E.I. Co. 1698 – 1700, 1703 – 04, 1707–9 and United E.I. Co. 1709–10; sub-gov. South Sea Co. July 1711 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Shobdon Court, nr. Leominster, Herefs.; Soho Sq, London.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
BATEMAN, Sir James (c.1660-1718)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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