Charles Peers

This article is about the 17th/18th-century merchant and Lord Mayor of London. For the 19th/20th-century architect and preservationist, see Charles Reed Peers.

Sir Charles Peers (1661 – January 29, 1737) was a British businessman who became the Chairman of the East India Company in 1714[1] and Lord Mayor of London in 1715.[2] He had previously served as one of the Sheriffs of the City of London in 1708–1709.[3]

Biography

Peers was born to Edmund Peers (d. 1681) and Mary Walden, in 1661, where his family was in the parish of the St. Katherine Creechurch, Aldgate ward, London.[4] He started his career as a salter (trader of salt) and also London partner of William Morley and Company of Málaga, merchants and importers. He later became Common Councilman for Aldgate Ward 1701–8, and Alderman of Tower Ward 1708–37.[5]

He was knighted on 16 July 1707.[6] He served as a Sheriff of the City of London (1708–1709) and as Lord Mayor of London (1715–16).

See also

References

  1. ↑ The_India_list_and_India_Office_list The India list and India Office list for ... - Great Britain. India Office - Google Books
  2. ↑ Lord Mayors of London City of London website.
  3. ↑ Noorthouck 1773, pp. 889–893
  4. ↑ Sir Charles Peers (1661 - 1737) Family tree.
  5. ↑ "PEERS, Sir Charles (1661-1737): Administrative/Biographical history". London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, ref code: GB 0074 CLC/B/227-148.
  6. ↑ City of London, St Olave's Church, Hart Street: Monographs. #39

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