Joseph Tritton
# Joseph Tritton

Joseph Tritton (1819–1887) was a British Quaker banker.

## Early life

Joseph Tritton was born in 1819. He was the son of Henry Tritton and Amelia Benwell.

## Career

Tritton was a partner in Barclay, Bevan, Tritton & Co (now Barclays Bank) for forty years.

## Philanthropy

He was Treasurer of the Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, and wrote hymns and poems.

## Personal life

On 8 November 1843, he married Amelia Hanson, daughter of Joseph Hanson, and they had five children:

* Joseph Herbert Tritton (1844-1923)
* Sir Ernest Tritton, 1st Baronet (1845-1918)
* Annette Amelia Tritton (1847-1873), she married William Leatham Barclay, the son of Joseph Gurney Barclay
* Jessie Margaret Tritton (1857-1943), never married
* Ethel Harriett Tritton (1859-1885), never married

## Death

He died in 1887.

