English ironmaster & banker (1735-1816)
Elmdon Hall, 1863 engraving Isaac Spooner (c.1735–1816) was an English ironmaster and banker who founded Birmingham Bank.[ 1] [ 2]
Life
Spooner was born to Abraham Spooner and Anne Knight, he went into the family iron business based around a furnace at Aston , in the Birmingham area. In 1791 he founded a bank with Matthias Attwood the elder, known then as the Birmingham Bank, which became the largest private bank in Birmingham with a clientele mostly consisting of farmers and manufacturers. In 1801, Birmingham Bank opened a London branch called Spooner, Attwood & Holman.[ 1] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Spooner's views were evangelical and abolitionist .[ 6] Elmdon, West Midlands , where he completed Elmdon Hall, a development begun by his father Abraham in 1795, and which stood until its demolition in 1956. Elmdon Park remains in its place.[ 7]
Elmdon Park today
Family
Spooner married Barbara Gough, daughter of Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet , sister of Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe and granddaughter of the MP Reynolds Calthorpe .[ 8]
Abraham, who married the daughter of Luke Lillingston (great-nephew and heir of General Luke Lillingston ) of Ferriby Grange, and took the name Abraham Spooner Lillingston.[ 9]
Isaac, who married Miss Tyler of Redland in 1807.[ 10] [ 11]
Barbara Ann , who married William Wilberforce .[ 8] Anne, who married Edward Vansittart, son of George Vansittart and Vicar of Taplow , as his second wife, and was mother of Edward Vansittart Neale .[ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
Henry, who attended Rugby School .[ 15]
William , who became Archdeacon of Coventry .[ 6] [ 16] [ 17] Richard , who was a member of parliament. He married Charlotte, daughter of Nathan Wetherell .[ 1] John, who was a clergyman.[ 18] There were nine in all, with the unmarried Eliza;[ 19] [ 4] Life of Thomas Attwood .[ 20]
Notes
^ a b c "Spooner, Richard (1783–1864), of Glindon House, Warws. , History of Parliament Online" . Retrieved 17 June 2015 .^ The New Monthly Magazine ^ 'Parishes: Elmdon', in A History of the County of Warwick : Volume 4, Hemlingford Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1947), pp. 67–69 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol4/pp67-69 [accessed 17 June 2015].
^ a b John Pollock (20 December 2013). Wilberforce ISBN 978-0-7814-1109-7 ^ The Annual Register 28 .^ a b David Newsome (1966). The Parting of Friends: The Wilberforces and Henry Manning ISBN 978-0-8028-3714-1 ^ Edmund Richardson (7 February 2013). Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity ISBN 978-1-139-62010-9 ^ a b Wolffe, John. "Wilberforce, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/29386 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ^ "Spooner, Isaac (SPNR791I)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.^ John Aikin (1807). The Athenaeum: A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous Information 306 . ^ Lee, Matthew. "Neale, Edward Vansittart". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/19820 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ The Monthly Magazine ^ Lee, Sidney , ed. (1894). "Neale, Edward Vansittart" Dictionary of National Biography ^ Rugby School Register. From 1675 to 1867 inclusive. With alphabetical index. Edited by F. Temple, Bishop of Exeter ^ Rugby School (1867). Rugby School Register: From 1675 to 1867 Inclusive ^ Sylvanus Urban (pseud. van Edward Cave.) (1857). Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle ^ "Spooner, John (SPNR805J)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.^ John Burke (1836). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours 185 . ^ Wakefield, C. M. (1885). "Life of Thomas Attwood" . Internet Archive . Retrieved 17 June 2015 .
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