8-683: Mortlock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Mortlock (1755–1816), British banker and politician Stirling Mortlock (born 1977), Australian rugby player Bryce Mortlock (1921–2004), Australian architect David Favis-Mortlock (born 1953), English geomorphologist and musician The Mortlock family of Martindale Hall included William Ranson Mortlock (1821–1884), South Australian grazier and politician (father) William Tennant Mortlock (1858–1913), South Australian grazier and politician (son) See also [ edit ] Mortlock Flying Fox ,
16-486: A Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (1707–1800) representing an English constituency is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Receiver General A receiver general (or receiver-general ) is an officer responsible for accepting payments on behalf of a government , and for making payments to a government on behalf of other parties. This job-, occupation-, or vocation-related article
24-450: A position he held until 1806. He died in 1816. He had married Elizabeth, the daughter of grocer Stephen Harrison, and with her had eight sons and two daughters. A son, John Cheetham Mortlock, was knighted. A grandson John Frederick Mortlock wrote an account of his transportation to Australia and another grandson Frederick William Mortlock worked in customs in Jamaica. This article about
32-690: A species of flying fox Mortlock Football League , an Australian rules football league in Western Australia Mortlock Islands (disambiguation) Mortlock Library of Australiana, in the Mortlock wing of the State Library of South Australia Mortlock Shield , football competition in South Australia [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Mortlock . If an internal link intending to refer to
40-451: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mortlock&oldid=1071756609 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles John Mortlock John Mortlock (1755–1816)
48-587: Was a British banker, Member of Parliament and 13 times mayor of Cambridge . Mortlock was the only son of John Mortlock, a prosperous woollen draper of Cambridge. He succeeded his father in the business in 1777. His family seat was Abington Hall in Abington Magna outside Cambridge. In 1778 Mortlock bought himself the Freedom of Cambridge for £40. In 1780 he founded the first bank in Cambridge. Mortlock's bank, which
56-506: Was a great friend and supporter of Pitt the Younger , was called corrupt by his political opponents, though as the plaque suggests he had a different view of things:" without influence, which you call corruption, men will not be induced to support government, though they generally approve of its measures ". In 1792 he was appointed to the lucrative post of Receiver General of the Post Office,
64-546: Was originally situated on the corner of Rose Crescent and then moved to Bene't Street , would be run by members of the Mortlock family for over one hundred years. In 1896 the bank was amalgamated with Barclays & Co . There is a blue plaque commemorating Mortlock on the former Barclays Bank building in Bene't Street. In 1782 Mortlock became an alderman, then mayor and, in 1784, the Member of Parliament for Cambridge . Mortlock, who
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