Raikes Currie Currie, Distiller and Banker, of Gatton Park, Surrey. In the 1830s Isaac Currie was compensated ₤15,379 by the British government for 841 slaves he held in Jamaica at the time of the abolition of slavery. The Curries belonged to an old Scottish family descended directly from the Curries of Duns, Berwickshire. His mother, Mary Anne Raikes, was the daughter of William Raikes and granddaughter of Robert Raikes, another partner of the bank. Thomas Raikes, Governor of the Bank of England from 1797 to 1799 and Robert Raikes, the founder of Sunday schools, were her uncles. On 28 June 1825 Raikes
Thomas Raikes (cricketer) another tale says that the matter was settled by the toss of a coin. Two of Raikes' relatives played first-class cricket: his father Ernest Raikes played in India for Europeans and Bombay, while his uncle George Raikes played for Oxford and Hampshire and made four appearances for the England football team. Thomas Raikes (cricketer) Thomas Barkley Raikes (16 December 1902 – 2 March 1984), often known as Tom, was an Indian-born English cricketer who played 38 first-class games for Oxford University in the 1920s. He also played minor counties cricket for Norfolk. He was educated at Winchester College, and in