Background
He was son of the banker Samuel Bosanquet (1768–1843) and his wife Laetitia Philippa Whatman of Kent, born 10 January 1804. Samuel Richard Bosanquet was his elder brother.
He was son of the banker Samuel Bosanquet (1768–1843) and his wife Laetitia Philippa Whatman of Kent, born 10 January 1804. Samuel Richard Bosanquet was his elder brother.
He was educated at Westminster School, and at the age of 18 entered Bosanquet, Salt, & Company, the family bank.
In due course he became a partner. A contributor to the Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology, Bosanquet subsidised its publication. And he also supported other works on Assyriology.
He died 22 December 1877.
Bosanquet married three times:
To Merelina, daughter of Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal (five sons, three daughters);
To Frances Georgiana Elizabeth (c1817–1862), daughter of Lord John Thomas Henry Somerset (no children). And
To Emily Dorothy Best (three daughters).
Bernard Bosanquet the cricketer was a grandson.