Baptist Hicks, English merchant, court financier, Member of Parliament, Baron Hicks of Ilmington and 1st Viscount Campden, English mercer, financier, Baron Hicks of Ilmington, and 1st Viscount Campden, Merchant, Baron Hicks, Viscount Campden, Mercer, knight, 1st Viscount Campden
Dates: 1551–1629
Biography
A wealthy London mercer and financier who acquired extensive estates, was knighted in 1603, and was raised to the peerage as Viscount Campden in 1628. He was associated with the acquisition and consolidation of the Campden estates.
Notes / Sources
The registry record identifies him as purchaser from Anthony Smith and as lord of the Campden estates.
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