BRASSEY, Nathaniel (?1697-1765), of Roxford, Hertingfordbury, Herts. and Lombard St., London

Brassey, the son of a Quaker banker, joined his father’s firm as a young man, and became a prominent banker himself. His father, by his purchase of the manor of Roxford, just outside Hertford, had established an interest in the borough where in 1754, Nathaniel was re-elected unopposed.

In Dupplin’s list of 1754 Brassey was classed as an Administration supporter. He subscribed £10,000 to the loan of 1757.1Devonshire mss. He did not stand again in 1761 and died 29 Sept. 1765, aged 68.