Gerard Vanneck - 2nd Baronet
Biography
Birth: bef. 1745
Death: 1791
Son of Sir Joshua Vanneck (d. 1777), 1st Baronet Vanneck, of Putney,1 and Mary Anne Daubuz. He became 2nd Baronet Vanneck on the death of his father. He never married.
He was a merchant in London, and an MP for Dunwich (1768-1790).
Also known as
- 2nd Baronet Vanneck
Life with James Boswell
Boswell breakfasted with "Sir Joshua Vanneck's son and his Swiss governor" in Brunswick on August 11, 1764. The editors of Boswell on the Grand Tour I, 1763-1764 suggests this was Gerard Vanneck, but another possibility is his younger brother, Joshua Vanneck (1745-1816) who later became 1st Baron Huntingfield of Heveningham Hall. The younger Joshua succeeded his brother as MP for Dunwich in 1790.
Notes
Note 1: Sir Joshua Vanneck (d. 1777) was the son of Cornelius Vanneck, sometime paymaster of the land forces of the United Provinces. Sir Joshua was described, at his death, as "one of the richest merchants in Europe", source: Christie, Ian R. (1995). British 'Non-Elite' MPS, 1715-1820. p. 23 (Read it now at Questia)
Mentioned in
Gerard Vanneck is mentioned in:
- Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764
