MARTIN, Joseph (c.1649-1729), of London and Wanstead, Essex

Freeman, Levant Co. 1672; dir. New E. I. Co. 1698–1709; manager, united trade to E. Indies 1707; dir. S. Sea Co. 1711–15; consul in Moscow 1702–5; member, Russia Co. 1705, cttee. 1711, 1716, asst. 1713, ?1718; common councilman, London. Granger, Biog. Hist. ed. Noble, ii. 214; PCC 252 Abbott; HMC Portland, iv. 192; Boyer, Pol. State, i–ii. 526; iv. 123; vii. 51; ix. 141–2; Cal. Treas. Pprs. 1714–19, p. 94; E.I. Co. Chs. 222; info. from Prof. H. Horwitz; J. Carswell, S. Sea Bubble, 282; Beaven, Aldermen, i. 303.

Commissary for commercial negotiations with France 1713–15.