whom he left a large family, including the geologist Henry Samuel Boase. He died at Alverton, Penzance, 8 April 1827. Works Boase published: Remarks on the Impolicy of repealing the Bank Restriction Bill 1802 Guineas, an unnecessary and expensive Incumbrance on Commerce 1802, 2nd edition 1803 A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord King in Defence of the Conduct of the Directors of the Banks of England and Ireland 1804 The Disadvantage of the new Plan of Finance 1807 Remarks on the new Doctrine concerning the supposed Depreciation of our Currency 1811 References Attribution Sources G. C. Boase, ‘Boase, Henry (1763–1827)’, rev. Robert Brown, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 15 Nov 2007 1763 births 1827 deaths British bankers Cornish-speaking people Writers from Cornwall English male writers Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature People from Penzance