 Complete the following phrase:  Gideon died of dropsy at Belvedere House, near Erith, Kent, in October 1762, aged 63, having a gained a fortune recorded as 350,000 equivalent to  million in . He left 1000 to the Sephardi Jewish congregation in London on condition he was buried with honour as a married man in their cemetery in Mile End. He did not marry a Jew, which under Jewish law precludes recognition as a married man. In 2005, the Bexley Civic Society restored a memorial to Sampson Gideon, located in the grounds of All Saints Church, Belvedere, and produced a plaque bearing a brief history of his life. The plaque reads, This memorial commemorates the life of Sampson Gideon 16991762 sometime owner of Belvedere House, and father of Lord Eardley. A ficier of nationwide renown, he is believed to have been a founder of the London Stock Exchange. Such was his reputation that the British government resorted both to his wealth and advice to underwrite the national debt, and fice the army during the 