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Henry Peters (c. 1763 – 21 December 1827) was the Member of Parliament for Oxford from May 1796[1] to 1802.
He was the second son of George Peters, a merchant in the Russia Company and was educated at Lincoln's Inn (1777) and St John's College, Cambridge.
He became a banker, partner in the firm of Masterman & Co., and served as a Director of the South Sea Company in 1790. He was backed for Parliament by a group in Oxford opposed to local aristocratic interests and sat as MP for Oxford from 1796 to 1802. He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey for 1818–19.
He married Charlotte Mary, the daughter of Lt.-Gen. George Morrison of Sion Hill, nr. Barnet, Middlesex, with whom he had 5 sons and 5 daughters.
References
edit- R. G. Thorne, The House of Commons, 1790-1820, Volume 1 (1986), p. 781.
- "PETERS, Henry (?1763-1827), of White Hart Court, Lombard Street, London and Betchworth Castle, Surr". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
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