Edward Darell
English merchant and banker (1728 - 1814)
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Edward Darell (1728–1814) was an English merchant and Governor of the Bank of England from 1787 to 1789.
English merchant and banker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1728 |
| Died | 1814 (aged 85–86) |
| Occupation | Banker |
He was the son of Robert Darell of Richmond, and his wife Mary Porten, daughter of James Porten, and sister of Judith Porten who was Gibbon's mother. He had a younger brother Robert, born in 1734.[1][2] He was a first cousin of Edward Gibbon[3][4] who made Darell one of his three executors in his will of 1791.[5]
Darell acted as a Bank of England director from c.1771 to 1804.[3] He was Deputy Governor from 1785 to 1787. He replaced George Peters as Governor and was succeeded by Mark Weyland.[4]
Darell's London address was New Street, Hanover Square in 1803.[6] His brother Robert, of Sackville Street, had died in 1801, and had served as deputy governor of the South Sea Company. They had been in business together at 4 Union Court, Old Broad Street.[3]
