Person:Raikes Currie (1)

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Raikes Currie
b.15 Apr 1801
d.16 Oct 1881
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  1. Raikes Currie1801 - 1881
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m. 1825
  1. Philip Currie, 1st Baron Currie1834 - 1906
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Name Raikes Currie
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Apr 1801
Marriage 1825 to Sophia Laura Wodehouse
Death[1] 16 Oct 1881
Reference Number Q7283849 (Wikidata)


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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, along with his father, Isaac Currie, in Cornhill, City of London, and had several interests in the newly developing colony of South Australia. 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.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Raikes Currie, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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