{{Short description|English banker, governor of the Bank of England (died 1796)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Samuel Beachcroft | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = 30 April 1796 | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = banker, governor of the Bank of England from 1775 to 1777 | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}

'''Samuel Beachcroft''' (died 30 April 1796)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Lady's magazine: or, Entertaining companion for the fair sex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63gEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA235|year=1796|page=235}}</ref> was an English banker, governor of the Bank of England from 1775 to 1777. He had been Deputy Governor from 1773 to 1775. He replaced James Sperling as Governor and was succeeded by Peter Gaussen.<ref>[http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/pdfs/governors.pdf ''Governors of the Bank of England''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212181344/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/pdfs/governors.pdf |date=12 February 2012 }} Bank of England, London, 2013. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211609/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/Documents/pdfs/governors.pdf Archived here.] Retrieved 6 March 2016.</ref> Beachcroft's tenure as Governor occurred during the Bengal bubble crash (1769–1784).

==See also== *Chief Cashier of the Bank of England

== References == {{Reflist}}<br />{{Governors of the Bank of England}}

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