The Reports of the Honourable Committee of Secrecy in relation to the late directors of the South-Sea Company; with the examination of Sir Theodore Janssen, taken the 20th and 26th of January, 1720…. By A----ld H------son.

[Hutcheson, Archibald].

Verlag: Publisher: Printed for G. Bateman, London. [1721].

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Folio, (335x224mm), pp: i-ii,iii-vi+1-59,[1], a leaf numbered 36 on its recto and unnumbered on its verso is inserted between pp 36 and 37, title page & following leaf (ivpp) neatly detached, first and final leaf dusty and v. lightly marked, otherwise text very good with wide margins. Disbound. A----ld H-----son, Archibald Hutcheson, who compiled the six reports. Archibald Hutcheson (ca. 1659-1740) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1727. Hutcheson was the son of Archibald Hutcheson of Stranocum, Co. Antrim. He trained as a barrister and was called to the bar in 1683. He was appointed Attorney General of the Leeward Islands (1688-1702), and in November 1708 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Hastings at the 1713 general election and held the seat until 1727. He was an impassioned opponent of the repeal of the Triennial Act. He was also an early critic of the South Sea Company, producing numerous pamphlets on the company. In his old age he took part in the efforts of Thomas Coram and others to establish a home for abandoned children in London. In 1739, the year before his death, a Royal Charter was granted by George II for a new charity which became known as the Foundling Hospital. The Charter listed Hutcheson as one of the founding governors. The history of the South-Sea Company is well documented but 1719-20 was a decisive year in it's decline and Janssen, Sub Governor, was examined by the Committee of Secrecy and ruined and disgraced by his part in the South Sea Bubble. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2180

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Titel: The Reports of the Honourable Committee of ...

Verlag: Publisher: Printed for G. Bateman, London. [1721].