HAMMET, Sir Benjamin (c.1736-1800), of Wilton House, Sherford, nr. Taunton, Som. and Park Place Farm, Eltham, Kent.

Family and Education

b. c. 1736, s. of a Taunton tradesman.Burke, LG (1849), supp. 15 says he settled at Taunton as a serge manufacturer c.1700. cf. City Biog. (1800), 136; Som. RO, DD/SAS/37. According to Parl. Portraits (1795), i. 121, Hammet had resided in America: he told the House he had been there, 16 Apr. 1783. educ. Taunton. m. c. 1763 (postnup. settlement 31 Oct. 1765), Louisa, da. of Alderman Sir James Esdaile, London banker, of Upminster, Essex, 3s. 5da. Kntd. 11 Aug. 1786.

Offices Held

Alderman, London 1785 – Sept. 1798, sheriff 1788 – 89, ld. mayor elect 1797;He paid the fine of Â£1,000 to avoid the duty: Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 325. master, Haberdashers’ Co. 1785–6.

Parlimentarian

HAMMET, Benjamin (?1736-1800), of Taunton, Som.

Main residences: Wilton House, Sherford, nr. Taunton, Som.; Park Place Farm, Eltham, Kent.

Author

R.G.T.

Volume

Commons 1790-1820

Web Title

HAMMET, Sir Benjamin (c.1736-1800)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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