# William Salt

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This article is about British banker. For the individual involved in spying for Southampton F.C., see [Southampton F.C. espionage incident](/source/Southampton_F.C._espionage_incident).

**William Salt** (29 October 1808 – 6 December 1863)[2] was a British [banker](/source/Banking) in London, England, and a [genealogist](/source/Genealogy) and [antiquary](/source/Antiquary) in whose memory the [William Salt Library](/source/William_Salt_Library) in [Stafford](/source/Stafford) was founded.

## Life

Salt's father, [John Stevenson Salt](/source/John_Stevenson_Salt) ([High Sheriff of Staffordshire](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Staffordshire) in 1838), married Sarah Stevenson, the granddaughter of John Stevenson, founder in 1737 of a banking company in Stafford. The firm, [Stevenson Salt & Co](/source/Stevenson_Salt_%26_Co), had opened in [Cheapside](/source/Cheapside), London, in 1788 and in 1867 merged with Bosanquet & Co and later with [Lloyds Banking Company](/source/Lloyds_Banking_Group).

His nephew was [Sir Thomas Salt Bt.](/source/Thomas_Salt) of [Standon](/source/Standon,_Staffordshire), near [Eccleshall](/source/Eccleshall), Staffordshire.

## Collections and legacy

Salt was an avid collector of [topographical](/source/Topography) and genealogical books and records, particularly those relating to [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire). After his death his extensive collection was catalogued and donated to the County of Stafford, which financed the opening in 1872 of the William Salt Library in Market Square, Stafford.

He was also commemorated in the name of the William Salt Archaeological Society, founded in 1879 as a [text publication society](/source/Text_publication_society) to publish local and national documents relating to the history of Staffordshire. The society changed its name in 1936 to the [Staffordshire Record Society](/source/Staffordshire_Record_Society).

He died on 6 December 1863 and is buried in [Highgate Cemetery](/source/Highgate_Cemetery).[3]

## References

1. Knight, Randle W. & Society, Staffordshire Record (2002). [*William Salt and his library*](https://books.google.com/books?id=_9oVAQAAIAAJ). Staffordshire Record Society. p. 20. Retrieved 11 July 2017. William Salt was born on 29 October 1808 at 9 Russell Square, the seventh child of John Stevenson Salt and his wife Sarah. He was baptised privately on 25 November.

1. ["Sudden Death of Mr. W. Salt, F.S.A., M.R.S.L., the Banker"](http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18631208/025/0005). *[The Morning Post](/source/The_Morning_Post)*. 8 December 1863. p. 5. Retrieved 2014-08-06. – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. Cansick, Frederick Teague (1872). [*The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol 2*](https://archive.org/details/acollectioncuri03cansgoog/page/n38/mode/2up). J Russell Smith. p. 107. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

## Further reading

- Knight, Randle W. (2002). *William Salt and His Library*. Vol. 3. Occasional Papers. Staffordshire: Staffordshire Record Society.

## External links

- [*About William Salt*](http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/williamsalt/WilliamSalt/)[dead link]; Staffordshire County Council

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