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ASGILL, SIR CHARLES, BART., nephew of Charles Asgill, London, merchant; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1726; in school list 1729; a clerk in the banking house of William Pepys & Co.; became a partner in firm Vere and Asgill, bankers, Lombard Street, 1740; member Common Council, Langbourn Ward 1744-9; Alderman, Candlewick Ward 7 Apr 1749 - 1 Jul 1777; Sheriff 1752-3; Lord Mayor of London 1757-8; Master, Skinners’ Company 1748; knighted 22 Nov 1752; created baronet 16 Apr 1761; m. 1st, 16 Jun 1752 Hannah, dau. of Henry Vanderstegen, merchant, London; m. 2nd, 12 Dec 1755 Sarah, dau. of David Pratviel, London, merchant, sometime secretary to Sir Benjamin Harris, British Ambassador at Madrid; d. 15 Sep 1788. [Note Charles Asgill, son of Henry Asgill and Annabella (Jordan), bapt. St. Mary, Whitechapel 27 Mar 1714 (IGI). Charles' uncle took on a paternal role when Henry Asgill died on 23 Mar. 1714, shortly before Charles Asgill's baptism (Asgill Pedigree, Derbyshire Record Office)]
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.