James Creed Explained

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 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=hGcxAAAAIAAJ&pg=PT179 Thomas Curson The Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to ..., Volume 15
2. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/william-henry-pulsifer/notes-for-a-history-of-lead-hci/page-22-notes-for-a-history-of-lead-hci.shtml William Henry Pulsifer Notes for a history of lead
3. Web site: Library and Archive Catalogue . royal Society . 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. Pages 99 to 105,Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
6. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45486 Greenwich, The Environs of London: volume 4: Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent (1796), pp. 426-493. Date accessed: 21 November 2010