Raikes Currie | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Northampton | |
| In office 24 July 1837 – 27 March 1857 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Ross |
| Succeeded by | Charles Gilpin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 April 1801 |
| Died | 16 October 1881 (aged 80) |
| Children | George Wodehouse Currie Bertram Wodehouse Currie Maynard Wodehouse Currie Philip Wodehouse Currie |
Raikes Currie (15 April 1801 – 16 October 1881) was Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton from 1837 to 1857. He was a partner of the bank Curries & Co., which became part of Glyn, Mills & Co. in 1864, along with his father, Isaac Currie, in Cornhill, City of London, and had several interests in the newly developing colony of South Australia.[1] He restored Minley Manor and made substantial improvements to the estate, work which was continued by his son and grandson.
The family bank was connected to slavery in the British West Indies and contributed some £9,000 (possibly as much as £50,000) to the creation of South Australia in 1836.[2]