Raikes Currie, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Raikes Currie

Member of the United Kingdom Parliament

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1801

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1881

Profession: politician, banker

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Raikes Currie (15 April 1801 – 16 October 1881) was Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton from 1837 to 1857.
He was a partner of the bank Curries & Co, along with his father, Isaac Currie, in Cornhill, City of London, and had several interests in the newly developing colony of South Australia.
He restored Minley Manor and made substantial improvements to the estate, work which was continued by his son and grandson. The family bank was connected to slavery in the British West Indies and contributed some £9,000 (possibly as much as £50,000) to the creation of South Australia in 1836.