Sir Peter Delmé was a notable English

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 figure in commerce and banking in the early 18th century.

Delmé was the third son of Pierre Delmé and Sibella Nightingale. He became a London merchant, was knighted in 1714, served as Governor

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 of the Bank of England

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 (1715–1717), as Sheriff of London

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 in 1717, and in 1723 was made Lord Mayor of London

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Family

He married Anne Matcham, daughter of Cornelius Macham and Elizabeth Penton, on 26 January 1709. They had two children:

• Anne Delmé (died June 1794)
• Peter Delmé (28 February 1710 – 10 April 1770), who became a politician and whose son, also called Peter Delmé
  Peter Delmé (MP for Morpeth)
  Peter Delmé was an English Member of Parliament for the constituency of Morpeth from 1774 to 1784.Delmé's grandfather was a wealthy London banking figure, Sir Peter Delmé, while his father, also Peter Delmé, served as MP for Ludgershall from 1734 to 1741, and for Southampton from 1741 to 1754....
  
  , also became a politician.

He died in 1728. In his will, he left a bequest to Morden College

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. An ornate memorial in his honour is in the Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens

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