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
Arthur Raikes Arthur Raikes Arthur Edward Harington Raikes (5 February 1867 – 3 March 1915) was a British army officer who served as acting prime minister, vizier and first minister to numerous Sultans of Zanzibar. Serving in the Wiltshire Regiment Raikes took up a position as brigadier-general in Zanzibar's army and fought on the pro-British side in the Anglo-Zanzibar War. He also helped to negotiate the demarcation of the boundary between Zanzibari and British territory on the African mainland. Raikes was awarded honours by several nations in the course of his work. Raikes was born on 5 February 1867 to Reverend Charles