William Moffat (MP)

For other people named William Moffat, see William Moffat (disambiguation).

William Moffat (7 March 1737 – 12 January 1822)[1] was an English banker, merchant and politician.

He was involved in several banking partnerships in London, and was also a merchant. By 1790 he lived in Bloomsbury, and in 1799 he bought the Painshill estate in Surrey, but sold it a few years later and lived in Wimbledon.[2] In 1811, as a managing owner of East India Company ships, his business address is given as 27, Nicholas Lane.[3] In 1819, it is 21, Birchin Lane.[4]

He was elected at the 1802 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Winchelsea in Sussex, but was not re-elected in 1806.[2] According to Hansard he made no contributions as an MP.[5]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference histparl-william-moffat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Hardy, Charles, A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Honorable the United East India Company From the Year 1760 to 1810, 1811
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference register 1820 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Moffat