John Minet Fector
John Minet Fector | |
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| Born | Template:Birth date |
| Died | February 24, 1868 (aged 55) |
| Occupation(s) | Banker, politician |
| Known for | Management of J. Minet Fector & Co.; Member of Parliament for Dover and Maidstone |
John Minet Fector (28 March 1812 – 24 February 1868) was a prominent English banker and political figure. Beginning in 1848, he assumed the name John Minet Laurie.
Life
Fector was born on 28 March 1812 as the firstborn son of John Minet Fector (who passed away in 1821) and Anne Wortley Montagu Laurie, the daughter of Sir Robert Laurie, 5th Baronet. His education included attendance at Eton College, followed by matriculation at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1820.
In 1833, he took over management of the family banking firm located in Dover, known as J. Minet Fector & Co., which later operated under the name Fector & Co. As a Tory with moderate reformist principles, he was elected to Parliament representing Dover in 1835 but was defeated in 1837 by the Whig candidate Edward Royd Rice. He regained a parliamentary seat in 1838 for Maidstone but chose not to seek re-election in 1841. The following year, in 1842, he divested Fector & Co., selling it to the National Provincial Bank.
Fector undertook significant enhancements to Kearsney Abbey and its surrounding estate at Kearsney Manor before selling the property circa 1845. Upon the death of his uncle Sir Robert Laurie, 6th Baronet in 1848, he changed his surname to Laurie and inherited the Laurie family's Scottish estate, Maxwelton House in Glencairn.
He passed away in Middlesex in February 1868 at the age of 55.
Family
In 1841, Fector married Isabella Murray, daughter of General Augustus William Murray; their marriage produced no offspring. His sister Charlotte became the wife of Sir John Edward George Bayley, 2nd Baronet and was the mother of Emilius Bayley. The continuation of the Fector family line proceeded through this branch.