English merchant, economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company
1630 CE
to 1699 CE
Sir Josiah Child of Wanstead, 1st Baronet (1630 – 22 June 1699), English merchant, economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company, was born in London, the second son of Richard Child, a London merchant of old family.