Peter Bateman (British, 1740–1825)

b. 1740 — d. 1825

Peter Bateman, second son of Hester Bateman, bon 1740. Apprenticed to Richard Clarke, husband of his sister Letitia. Married first, Elizabeth Beaver (widow) 1763, and second Sarah - 1776. Lived at 86 Bunhill Row. First mark entered in partnership with Jonathan, 7 December 1790, and six further marks on 9 December. On Jonathan's death entered mark with Ann and William, January 1800. Fourth mark with William, 8 November 1805. Probably retired in 1815 on entry of William Bateman's single mark. He died 19 November 1825, leaving in his will £50 each to the Evangelical Institution at Newport Pagnall and the Baptist Academy, Stepney. In 1805 he gave a chandelier to the Meeting House at Newport Pagnall, whose minister William Bull, intimate of the poet Cowper, was a friend of the goldsmith and whose son, the Rev. T. B. Bull married Letitia, daughter of Jonathan and Ann Bateman.