Beattie, David Wilson (1938–1991), venture capitalist, was born on 30 September 1938 at Tir-na-Nog, Carleton Road, Carlisle, Cumberland, the elder son and second child in the family of two sons and two daughters of Ronald Joseph Edward Beattie and his wife, Margaret Knott, ...
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Beattie, David Wilson (1938–1991), venture capitalist
Anne Pimlott Baker
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Blake, Charles Henry (1794–1872), property speculator
F. H. W. Sheppard
Blake, Charles Henry (1794–1872), property speculator, was born in Calcutta on 8 September 1794, the son of Benjamin Blake (1853/4–1820), a sea captain who had been plying the route to India since 1775, and his wife, Mary Powney (1772–1839). Soon after 1794 his father left the sea and became an indigo planter in ...
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Bolts, William [formerly Willem Bolst] (1739–1808), merchant and speculator
H. V. Bowen
Bolts, William [formerly Willem Bolst] (1739–1808), merchant and speculator, was born on 7 February 1739 on the continent, probably in Germany. However, as a child he lived in Britain, and he became an apprentice in a London merchant house. He was acting in a commercial capacity in ...
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Campbell, Lord Neil, of Ardmaddie (c. 1630–1692), colonial speculator
Linda G. Fryer
Campbell, Lord Neil, of Ardmaddie (c. 1630–1692), colonial speculator, was the second of six children of Archibald Campbell, marquess of Argyll (1605x7–1661), and his wife, Lady Margaret (1610–1678), second daughter of William Douglas, seventh earl of Morton; his parents lived mainly at Inveraray, Argyll...
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Croghan, George (d. 1782), colonial official and land speculator in America
Edward J. Cashin
Croghan, George (d. 1782), colonial official and land speculator in America, was born in Dublin, though further details of his parents and upbringing are uncertain. Before moving to America in 1741 he is known to have married. His daughter Susannah was born in 1750. In later life he lived with the daughter of a Mohawk chief, with whom he had a second daughter, ...
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Gage, Joseph Edward (c. 1687–1766), adventurer
G. Martin Murphy
Gage, Joseph Edward (c. 1687–1766), adventurer, the younger son of Joseph Gage (1652–1700) and his wife, Elizabeth Penruddock (d. 1693), was born about 1687. His father, the third son of Sir Thomas Gage, of Firle, Sussex, inherited Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, about 1682 on the death of his aunt ...
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Grainger, Richard (1797–1861), builder and property speculator
T. E. Faulkner
Grainger, Richard (1797–1861), builder and property speculator, was born on 9 October 1797 in High Friar Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, the youngest of the six children of Thomas Grainger (d. c.1810), a quayside porter, and his wife, Amelia, née Burt or Brunt (1755–1835)...
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Herbert, Lady Mary (1686–1775), speculator and mining entrepreneur
G. Martin Murphy
Herbert, Lady Mary (1686–1775), speculator and mining entrepreneur, was the eldest of the six children born to William Herbert, second marquess of Powis (1657x61–1745), and his wife, Mary (b. after 1664, d. 1724), elder daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Preston, baronet...
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Imlay, Gilbert (1754–1828), land speculator and author
Michael T. Davis
Imlay, Gilbert (1754–1828), land speculator and author, was born on 9 February 1754 in Monmouth county, New Jersey, the son of Peter Imlay, landowner. His upbringing remains obscure but it is known that he served as a paymaster and lieutenant in the American revolutionary army in the American War of Independence between 1777 and 1778 before being wounded in action. Following his military service ...
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Kemp, Thomas Read (1782–1844), property speculator
John H. Farrant
Kemp, Thomas Read (1782–1844), property speculator, was born on 23 December 1782, at 169 High Street, Lewes, Sussex, the younger surviving child and only son of Thomas Kemp (bap. 1745, d. 1811), wool merchant and MP, and his wife, Anne (1748/9–1807), daughter of ...
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Lempriere, Charles (1818–1901), politician and speculator
A. T. S. Goodrick
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Lempriere, Charles (1818–1901), politician and speculator, born at Exeter on 21 September 1818, was second son of John Lemprière (c. 1765–1824), compiler of the Classical Dictionary, and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Deane of Salisbury. He entered Merchant Taylors' School in February 1825 and matriculated at ...
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LennoxGordon-, Lord Henry Charles George (1821–1886), politician and speculator
See Lennox, Charles Gordon-, fifth duke of Richmond and fifth duke of Lennox
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Mackreth, Sir Robert (bap. 1727, d. 1819), speculator and politician
Roland Thorne
Mackreth, Sir Robert (bap. 1727, d. 1819), speculator and politician, obscured his origins from contemporaries, but was almost certainly from Kendal, Westmorland (he left £50 to the poor there, as well as some property and a bequest to a female relative). The only indication from local records has him baptized at ...
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Macleane, Lauchlin [formerly Laughlin McLean] (1728/9–1778), political agent and speculator
P. J. Marshall
Macleane, Lauchlin [formerly Laughlin McLean] (1728/9–1778), political agent and speculator, was born some time between 30 May 1728 and 29 May 1729, at either Ballymoney or Rasharkin, both in co. Antrim, Ireland. He was the eldest of four children of the Revd John McLean (1699–1765)...
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Mahon, James Patrick [known as the O'Gorman Mahon] (1800–1891), politician and financial speculator
F. W. Whyte
revised by Alan O'Day
Mahon, James Patrick [known as the O'Gorman Mahon] (1800–1891), politician and financial speculator, was born into a prominent Catholic family at Ennis, co. Clare, on about 17 March 1800, the eldest of four children. His father, Patrick Mahon of New Park (...
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Montgomery, Sir Robert, of Skelmorlie, fifth baronet (1680–1731), property speculator and author in America
C. A. Harris
revised by Philip Carter
Montgomery, Sir Robert, of Skelmorlie, fifth baronet (1680–1731), property speculator and author in America, was born at Skelmorlie Castle, Ayrshire, the son of Sir James Montgomery of Skelmorlie, fourth baronet (c. 1654–1694), and Lady Margaret (1654–1726), second daughter of James Johnstone, second earl of Annandale...
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Perrot, Robert (c. 1478–1550), church musician and land speculator
Roger Bowers
Perrot, Robert (c. 1478–1550), church musician and land speculator, was the second son of George Perrot, gentleman, of Haroldston, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, and Isabel Langdale of Langdale, near Scarborough, Yorkshire. He was born at Hackness, immediately neighbouring Langdale. Of his education and musical training nothing is known, though an early connection with ...
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Powles, John Diston (1787–1867), company promoter and speculator
Malcolm Deas
Powles, John Diston (1787–1867), company promoter and speculator, was born in Helsingor, Denmark, on 16 December 1787, the eldest of the nine sons of Richard Powles (1763–1807), an artist who worked in Lowestoft and also in Denmark before becoming a merchant in London...
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Russell, Thomas (1830–1904), financier and land speculator
R. C. J. Stone
Russell, Thomas (1830–1904), financier and land speculator, was born in Cork, the first of six children of Thomas Russell (1808–1873), carpenter, and Mary Roberts (1811–1847), ward of a Church of Ireland rector. The Russells left Ireland with the infant Thomas in 1833. After seven years in ...
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