William Currie (British politician)

William Currie
Member of Parliament for Winchelsea
In office 1796–1802
Preceded by	John Hiley Addington
Succeeded by	Robert Ladbroke
Member of Parliament for Gatton
In office 1790–1796
Preceded by	William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven
Succeeded by	Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet

William Currie, (26 February 1756 – 3 June 1829), was an English land owner, distiller, banker and Member of Parliament for Gatton and Winchelsea.

On his father's death in 1781, he inherited his father's 75% interest in the distilling partnership his father had started with Nathaniel Byles. He also became a partner in the family banking firm, replacing his father, but seems to have taken no active part, leaving the responsibilities to his brother Isaac.

He is chiefly remembered for the restoration of the village of East Horsley and its manor house, East Horsley Towers.

He was the eldest son of William Currie (1721–1781) and Magdalen Lefevre (a great aunt of Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley), and was baptised at the Church of St. Dunstan's in Stepney on 4 March 1756.

Currie married Percy Gore on 23 June 1794, the daughter of a banking partner, by whom he had a daughter, Percy Gore Currie, and two sons, William and Henry. Percy Gore Currie married the Right Reverend Horatio Powys, son of Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford. The eldest son, William, was a great connoisseur and collector of works of art, and had excellent taste. He left his major collection of gems, camei, intagli, Etruscan scarabei and Etruscan gold ornaments to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The second son, Henry, went on to be MP for Guildford between 1847 and 1852.

Three of his nephews were Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet, Vice Admiral Mark John Currie and Raikes Currie, Member of Parliament for Northampton

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