| Intro | English legal/political writer |
| Is | Lawyer |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Law |
| Gender | male |
Alexander Annesley (died 1813), was an English legal and political writer of the late eighteenth century.
Biography
Annesley was a London solicitor and member of the Inner Temple. After many years’ practice, by which he acquired a large fortune, he retired to Hyde Hall, Hertfordshire, and died there on 6 December 1813.
Annesley was a man of many accomplishments, paid repeated visits to the continent, and was an enthusiastic sportsman. In politics he followed William Pitt.
His works are:
- Strictures on the true Cause of the present alarming Scarcity of Grain and Provisions, and a Plan for permanent Relief, 1800. Annesley proposed ‘bounties on production rather than on importation, an excise on all grain, the establishment of public granaries and additional corn-mills.’
- Observations on the Danger of a Premature Peace, 1800.
- A Compendium of the Law of Marine Insurance, Bottomry, Insurance on Lives, and of Insurance against Fire, in which the mode of calculating averages is defined and illustrated by example, 1808
- ^ Lee, Sidney. (1885). “Annesley, Alexander (d 1813), legal and political writer”. Dictionary of National Biography Vol. II. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 2009-11-09. The first edition of this text is available as an article on Wikisource: “Annesley, Alexander”. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.