Sir James Esdaile (c. 1714 – c. 1793) was an English banker who served as the Lord Mayor of London in 1777. His grandfather was a French nobleman and Huguenot from the De l'Estoile family who fled from the Kingdom of France in an attempt to avoid persecution by Louis XIV.Variations of Estoille include:Estill, Estil and Esdaille.Esdaile also served as sheriff of London in 1767. His daughter, Louisa married the politician Benjamin Hammet, who subsequently became a protege of Esdaile's. In 1781, he took Hammet into his banking firm, which became known as 'Esdaile and Hammet'. Esdaile died in 1793.
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