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Thomas Raikes
Thomas Raikes ("the Elder") (28 March 1741 – 29 December 1813) was a British merchant particularly trading from London with Russia,〔Page 9 of ''Robert Raikes Journalist & Philanthropist'' by Alfred Gregory, published by Hodder and Stoughton 1880〕 a banker and newspaper proprietor. Notably, he was Governor of the Bank of England during the 1797 currency crisis, when the Bank was prohibited by the British Government from paying out in gold.
== Biography ==
Raikes was born at Gloucester in 1741, third son of the elder Robert Raikes and Mary Drew. His brothers included Robert Raikes, the founder and promoter of Sunday schools, and William Raikes, a director of the South Sea Company.
On 8 December 1774 at St George's, Bloomsbury, London, Raikes married Charlotte, daughter of Henry Finch, and granddaughter of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham.〔Pages 5 and 13 of ''Pedigree of Raikes'' published 1930 by Phillimore, London〕 With Charlotte he had four sons and five daughters. Their eldest son Thomas became a noted London diarist; another son, Henry, became a churchman, eventually Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester. One of their daughters, Georgiana (d. 02 December 1861), married Lord William FitzRoy.
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