BETHELL, Slingsby (1695-1758), of Tower Hill, London.

Constituency	Dates
London

Family and Education

bap. 16 Mar. 1695, 3rd s. of William Bethell of Swindon, Yorks. and bro. of Hugh Bethell. unm. suc. bro. Hugh 1747.

Offices Held

Member of Fishmongers’ Co. 1749–d. , prime warden 1756–8; alderman of London 1749, sheriff 1751 – 52, ld. mayor 1755–6.

Address

Main residence: Tower Hill, London.

biography text

In early life Bethell went to Antigua where he purchased a large plantation.1Oliver, Antigua i. 42-43. Sometime before 1730 he settled in London as a rich merchant, concerned in the African trade.2Bd. Trade Jnl. 1728-34, pp. 447, 455, 465. Returned for the city as an opposition Whig in 1747, he supported a petition by freemen of London for a bill to suppress hawkers and pedlars. In 1750 he was associated with Admiral Vernon and Stephen Theodore Janssen in the foundation of the British Herring Fishery Company, of which he became president.3Gent. Mag. 1750, p. 474. He died 1 Nov. 1758.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. Oliver, Antigua i. 42-43.
2. Bd. Trade Jnl. 1728-34, pp. 447, 455, 465.
3. Gent. Mag. 1750, p. 474.