Sheffield Neave Explained

Sheffield Neave (1799–1868) was an English merchant and Governor of the Bank of England from 1857 to 1859.^{[1] [2]}

Life

He was the son of Sir Thomas Neave, 2nd Baronet, and his wife, Frances Digby, daughter of William Digby, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.^[1] He had been Deputy Governor from 1855 to 1857. He replaced Thomas Matthias Weguelin as Governor and was succeeded by Bonamy Dobrée.^[2]

Neave's tenure as Governor occurred during the Panic of 1857. In June 2020, the Bank of England issued a public apology for the involvement of Neave, amongst other employees, in the slave trade following the investigation by the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership at UCL.^[3]

Family

Neave married Mary, daughter of David Richard Morier. Two sons, Sheffield Henry Morier Neave and Edward Strangways Neave, were partners in the family merchant house R. & T. Neave, the former being the father of Sheffield Airey Neave.^{[1] [4]}

See also

• Chief Cashier of the Bank of England

Notes and References

1. Web site: Summary of Individual Sheffield Neave, 11th Apr 1799 – 22nd Sep 1868, Legacies of British Slave-ownership. 16 May 2017.
2. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/pdfs/governors.pdf Governors of the Bank of England.
3. Web site: 18 June 2020. Bank of England apologises for role of former directors in slave trade. 19 June 2020. the Guardian. en.
4. Book: Catherine Hall . Nicholas Draper . Keith McClelland . Katie Donington, Rachel Lang . Legacies of British Slave-ownership . 28 August 2014 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-107-04005-2. 85.