Sir William Call, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Pratt Call, 2nd Baronet (28 September 1781-3 December 1851), is best known for holding the office of High Sheriff of Cornwall between 1807 and 1808, and for being a partner in a London banking house [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10905.htm#i109050 Peerage.com website] ] .

He was the fifth child and second son of Sir John Call of Whiteford, 1st Baronet (June 30, 1732 – March 1, 1801) "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" article by D. L. Prior, "Call, Sir John, first baronet (1732–1801)", [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4393] accessed 11 Sept 2006] and his wife Philadelphia Batty [ [http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/N-JohnCall.html Ancestry of the Stanier family of Colchester website] ] .

He was educated between 1797 and 1799 in Winchester College, and succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Call, of Whiteford, Cornwall, upon the death of his father on March 1, 1801.

He married Louisa Georgina Forbes (December, 1779 – January 25, 1830) on June 19, 1806. They had four children (three daughters and a son), as follows: Phillida Elizabeth, who married the Rev. George Henry Somerset in 1835; Georgiana Mary, who died in 1837; William Berkeley Call, who succeeded him as the third Baronet; and Augusta, who married Capt. George D. Patterson of the British 98th Regiement ["The Gentleman's Magazine", by Sylvanus Urban, Vol. 37, New Series, 1852, January to June, Inclusive. Published by John Bowyer Nichols and Son, London] .

The Baronetcy was extinguished with the death of fourth Baronet, William George Montagu Call, on December 22, 1864.

He was a partner with Call, Marten & Company of Old Bond Street, a London banking house, founded by his father [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=B13141 Location of Call, Marten & Co. Archives] ] ,. He died at age 70 in Whiteford House, Stoke Climsland, Cornwall.

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