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Sir '''Benjamin Hammet''' (''c.'' 1736- 22 July 1800) was an English businessman, banker and politician, who served as [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Taunton]] (1782-1800), and as [[High Sheriff]] of [[London]].
Contemporary accounts state that he was a [[footman]], son of a Taunton [[barber]], who courted and married Louisa Esdaile, the sister-in-law of his master [[John Hopkins (died 1732)|John 'Vulture' Hopkins]]. Louisa was the daughter of [[James Esdaile (mayor)|Sir James Esdaile]], a rich banker; and Hammet's success as a banker and [[building contractor]] was credited to the influence and funding provided by his father-in-law, who on the occasion of their marriage settled £5,000 on the bride.
<ref>[https://ift.tt/2KdeVod Thorne, R.G. "HAMMET, Sir Benjamin (c.1736-1800), of Wilton House, Sherford, nr. Taunton, Som. and Park Place Farm, Eltham, Kent" in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820'' (R. Thorne, ed.) Somerset:Haynes Publishing, 1986]</ref>
Hammet was elected as [[Lord Mayor of London]] (a title which his father-in-law had held previously) in 1797, but paid a ₤1,000 penalty rather than serve (pleading ill health). He died 22 July 1800 at Castle Maelgwyn, his Welsh estate. Upon his death, his son [[John Hammet]] succeeded him as M.P., and would hold that seat until his own death in 1811.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2VynoHy Thorne, R.G. "Taunton" in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820'' (R. Thorne, ed.) Somerset:Haynes Publishing, 1986]</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Taunton]]
[[Category:Sheriffs of the City of London]]
[[Category:Aldermen of the City of London]]
[[Category:1800 deaths]]
[[Category:1730s births]]
[[Category:British MPs 1784–1790]]
[[Category:British MPs 1780–1784]]
[[Category:British MPs 1790–1796]]
[[Category:British MPs 1796–1800]]
[[Category:English bankers]]
[[Category:Businesspeople in construction]]
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Sir '''Benjamin Hammet''' (''c.'' 1736- 22 July 1800) was an English businessman, banker and politician, who served as [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Taunton]] (1782-1800), and as [[High Sheriff]] of [[London]].
Contemporary accounts state that he was a [[footman]], son of a Taunton [[barber]], who courted and married Louisa Esdaile, the sister-in-law of his master [[John Hopkins (died 1732)|John 'Vulture' Hopkins]]. Louisa was the daughter of [[James Esdaile (mayor)|Sir James Esdaile]], a rich banker; and Hammet's success as a banker and [[building contractor]] was credited to the influence and funding provided by his father-in-law, who on the occasion of their marriage settled £5,000 on the bride.
<ref>[https://ift.tt/2KdeVod Thorne, R.G. "HAMMET, Sir Benjamin (c.1736-1800), of Wilton House, Sherford, nr. Taunton, Som. and Park Place Farm, Eltham, Kent" in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820'' (R. Thorne, ed.) Somerset:Haynes Publishing, 1986]</ref>
Hammet was elected as [[Lord Mayor of London]] (a title which his father-in-law had held previously) in 1797, but paid a ₤1,000 penalty rather than serve (pleading ill health). He died 22 July 1800 at Castle Maelgwyn, his Welsh estate. Upon his death, his son [[John Hammet]] succeeded him as M.P., and would hold that seat until his own death in 1811.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2VynoHy Thorne, R.G. "Taunton" in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820'' (R. Thorne, ed.) Somerset:Haynes Publishing, 1986]</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Taunton]]
[[Category:Sheriffs of the City of London]]
[[Category:Aldermen of the City of London]]
[[Category:1800 deaths]]
[[Category:1730s births]]
[[Category:British MPs 1784–1790]]
[[Category:British MPs 1780–1784]]
[[Category:British MPs 1790–1796]]
[[Category:British MPs 1796–1800]]
[[Category:English bankers]]
[[Category:Businesspeople in construction]]
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