Isaac Spooner

Isaac Spooner (c.1735–1816) was an English ironmaster and banker who founded Birmingham Bank.

In 1801, Birmingham Bank opened a London branch called Spooner, Attwood & Holman.

[6] He owned an estate of over 2000 acres at Elmdon, West Midlands, where he completed Elmdon Hall, a development begun by his father Abraham in 1795, and which stood until its demolition in 1956.

[7] Spooner married Barbara Gough, daughter of Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet, sister of Henry Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baron Calthorpe and granddaughter of the MP Reynolds Calthorpe.

[4] Richard is said to be the ninth child in an 1885 Life of Thomas Attwood.