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Joseph Tritton

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Nationality
  
British

Died
  
1887

Name
  
Joseph Tritton

Spouse(s)
  
Amelia Hanson

Occupation
  
Banker


Parent(s)
  
Henry Tritton and Amelia Benwell

Children
  
Joseph Herbert Tritton, Ernest Tritton

Joseph Tritton (1819–1887) was a British Quaker banker.

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Early life

Joseph Tritton was born in 1819. He was the son of Henry Tritton and Amelia Benwell.

Career

Tritton was a partner in Barclay, Bevan, Tritton & Co (now Barclays Bank) for forty years.

Philanthropy

He was Treasurer of the Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, and wrote hymns and poems.

Personal life

On 8 November 1843, he married Amelia Hanson, daughter of Joseph Hanson, and they had five children:

  • Joseph Herbert Tritton (1844-1923)
  • Sir Ernest Tritton, 1st Baronet (1845-1918)
  • Annette Amelia Tritton (1847-1873), she married William Leatham Barclay, the son of Joseph Gurney Barclay
  • Jessie Margaret Tritton (1857-1943), never married
  • Ethel Harriett Tritton (1859-1885), never married
  • Death

    He died in 1887.

    References

    Joseph Tritton Wikipedia