Charles Davenant (1656-1714), English economist, eldest son of Sir William Davenant, the poet, was born in London. // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... An economist is someone who studies Economics. ... Sir William Davenant (February, 1606 - April 7, 1668), also spelled DAvenant, was an English poet and playwright. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

He was educated at Cheam grammar school and Balliol College, Oxford, but left the university without taking a degree. At the age of nineteen he had composed a tragedy, Circe, which met with some success, but he soon turned his attention to law, and having taken the degree of LL.D., he became a member of Doctors' Commons. He was member of parliament successively for St Ives, Cornwall, and for Great Bedwyn. College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister College St Johns Master Andrew Graham JCR President Triona Giblin Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Critical legal studies Jurisprudence Law (principle) Legal research Letter versus Spirit List of legal abbreviations Legal code Pointless law Natural justice Natural law Philosophy of law Religious law External links Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law Look up law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Doctors Commons was a society of lawyers practising civil law in London. ... Location within the British Isles. ...

He held the post of commissioner of excise from 1683 to 1689, and that of inspector-general of exports and imports from 1705 till his death in 1714. He was also secretary to the commission appointed to treat for the union with Scotland.

As an economist, he must be classed as a strong supporter of the mercantile theory, and in his economic pamphlets--as distinct from his political writingshe takes up an eclectic position, recommending governmental restrictions on colonial commerce as strongly as he advocates freedom of exchange at home. A painting of a seaport from 1638, at the height of mercantilism. ...

Of his writings, a complete edition of which was published in London in 1771, the following are the more important:

• An Essay on the East India Trade (1697)
• Two Discourses on the Public Revenues and Trade of England (1698)
• An Essay on the probable means of making the people gainers in the balance of Trade (1699)
• A Discourse on Grants and Resumptions and Essays on the Balance of Power (1701)

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