The grave of Sir James Creed, St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London

Sir James Creed (c. 1695 – 7 February 1762) was an English merchant and politician.

Creed was a merchant of London and a director of the Honourable East India Company.[1] He was in business in the manufacture of white lead, for which he obtained a patent in December 1749.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February, 1743.[3] He was seen as a loyal supporter of the Prime Minister, the Duke of Newcastle.[4]

In 1754 Creed was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury[5] where he was seen as a loyal supporter of the Whig Prime Minister, the Duke of Newcastle. He lost the seat to two Tory candidates in 1761.[6]

Creed was buried with his wife Dame Mary Creed at St Alfege Church, Greenwich where there is a marble monument to his memory against the outer north wall.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Thomas Curson The Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to ..., Volume 15
  2. ↑ William Henry Pulsifer Notes for a history of lead
  3. ↑ "Library and Archive Catalogue". royal Society. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Pages 99 to 102,Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  6. ↑ Pages 99 to 105,Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
  7. ↑ Greenwich, The Environs of London: volume 4: Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent (1796), pp. 426-493. Date accessed: 21 November 2010


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