Peter de Thellusson

Of Brodsworth, County York, England

Peter Thellusson

• Born on 27 June 1737 at Paris, France.
• Son of Isaac de Thellusson.
• Married Anne Woodford, daughter of Matthew Woodford and Mary Brideoak, on 6 January 1761.
• Died on 27 July 1797 at age 60.1
• Naturalized as a Great Britain in 1762.
• Merchant at London, England. His will left a personal estate of over £600,000 to accumulate profits for three generations. The lawsuit Thellusson v Woodford 1799 upheld this will, leading to the Accumulations Act 1800 to prevent such legacies.

Children of Peter Thellusson and Anne Woodford

• Maria Thellusson
• George Woodford Thellusson d. 1811
• Charles Thellusson d. 2 Nov 1815
• Augusta Charlotte Thellusson d. 24 Jul 1853
• Peter Isaac Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham of Rendlesham b. 13 Oct 1761, d. 8 Sep 1808
• Anne Thellusson b. 1774, d. 4 Jan 1849
  

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WIKI

Thellusson was a member of a Huguenot family which had fled France for Geneva in the 16th century. His father Isaac had started a Swiss bank (Thellusson, Necker et Cie) and became the Genevan ambassador to Paris. Peter, with the help of his brother George-Tobie, managed the successful bank in partnership with Jacques Necker, the Thellussons managing the London branch of the bank from 1760 with Necker managing the Paris branch. Both partners became very rich by loans to the treasury and speculation in grain. On 6 January 1760 he married Ann, daughter of Matthew Woodford and sister of Sir Ralph Woodford of Carlby, Lincolnshire. Peter started his own finance house in Philpot Lane and in 1761 took British nationality by Act of Parliament.

After his death his substantial estate was embroiled in the Thellusson Will Case, as he had written an unusual will whereby his fortune and estates were put into a trust fund for the benefit of future generations at the expense of his children and grandchildren.

Further Reading

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