Charles Peers

Sir Charles Peers (1661 – 29 January 1737) was a British businessman who became the Chairman of the East India Company in 1714[1] and Lord Mayor of London in 1715.

[2] He had previously served as one of the Sheriffs of the City of London in 1708–1709.

[3][4] Peers was born to Edmund Peers (d. 1681) and Mary Walden, in 1661, of the parish of the St. Katherine Creechurch, Aldgate ward, London.

[5] He started his career as a salter (trader of salt) and also as the London partner of William Morley and Company of Málaga, merchants and importers.

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