Abbot, Sir Maurice (1565–1642), merchant and politician, was born on 2 November 1565 and baptized three days later at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, the fifth of the six sons of Maurice Abbot (1519/20–1606), a merchant, and his wife, Alice Marsh or March (1525/6–1606)...
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Abbot, Sir Maurice (1565–1642), merchant and politician
Andrew Thrush
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Abney, Sir Thomas (1639/40–1722), merchant and mayor of London
Gary S. De Krey
Abney, Sir Thomas (1639/40–1722), merchant and mayor of London, was born at Willesley, Derbyshire, the youngest of four sons of James Abney, landowner, and Jane Mainwaring (d. after 1640). The Abney family had owned land at Willesley for several centuries, and James Abney...
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Agnew, Patrick Alexander Vans (1822–1848), East India Company servant
Katherine Prior
Agnew, Patrick Alexander Vans (1822–1848), East India Company servant, was born at Raipur in Chhattisgarh in central India on 21 April 1822, the second son of Patrick Vans Agnew (1783–1842), lieutenant-colonel in the Madras army and afterwards a director of the East India Company...
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Anderson, David (1751–1825), East India Company servant
T. H. Bowyer
Anderson, David (1751–1825), East India Company servant, was born in Edinburgh on 10 February 1751, the second of the eight children of David Anderson (1707–1786), writer to the signet, and his wife, Mary (d. 1781), daughter of John Mitchelson of Middleton, Edinburghshire...
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Anderson, Sir George William (1791–1857), East India Company servant and colonial governor
Katherine Prior
Anderson, Sir George William (1791–1857), East India Company servant and colonial governor, was born in London, the son of Robert Anderson, a London merchant. He was educated at the East India College, Haileybury, and joined the Bombay establishment of the East India Company...
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Anderson, John (1795–1845), East India Company servant and author
Katherine Prior
Anderson, John (1795–1845), East India Company servant and author, was born in Scotland. In 1813 he obtained a writership in the East India Company's service at the small settlement of Penang (Prince of Wales Island) off the west coast of the Malay peninsula...
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Argall, Sir Samuel (bap. 1580, d. 1626), colonial governor and merchant
R. C. D. Baldwin
Argall, Sir Samuel (bap. 1580, d. 1626), colonial governor and merchant, was baptized on 4 December 1580 at Holy Trinity, East Peckham, Kent, the fourth son of Richard Argall (c.1533–1588), politician, and his third wife, Mary Scott (d. 1598). Under his father's will ...
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Armstrong, William (1778–1857), corn merchant and local politician
See Armstrong, William George, Baron Armstrong
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Astell [formerly Thornton], William (1774–1847), director of the East India Company
Katherine Prior
Astell [formerly Thornton], William (1774–1847), director of the East India Company, was born on 13 October 1774, the second son of Godfrey Thornton of Mogerhanger and Everton, a director of the Bank of England, and his wife, Jane, daughter of Stephen Peter Godin...
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Atkinson, Richard (1739–1785), merchant and director of the East India Company
J. G. Parker
Atkinson, Richard (1739–1785), merchant and director of the East India Company, was born on 10 March 1739 at Temple Sowerby, Westmorland, and baptized there on 5 April at St James's Church. He was the fifth child and third son of Matthew Atkinson, tanner, of ...
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Aubrey, Andrew (d. 1356), merchant and mayor of London
Pamela Nightingale
Aubrey, Andrew (d. 1356), merchant and mayor of London, was the son of Roger and Denise Aubrey. It is likely that he was born in London since he did not mention a provincial parish in his will. He became the factor of Thomas Enfield...
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Baillie, James Evan (1781?–1863), merchant, banker, and politician
Kenneth Morgan
Baillie, James Evan (1781
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Barne, Sir George (c. 1500–1558), merchant and local politician
Paul Slack
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Barne, Sir George (c. 1500–1558), merchant and local politician, was the son of George Barne, grocer, of London, though the family seems also to have had connections in Wells, Somerset. His sister may have been the mother of Nicholas Culverwell (d. 1569) [...
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Barret, William (d. 1584), commercial agent and consul
Christine Woodhead
Barret, William (d. 1584), commercial agent and consul, is of obscure origins. The earliest mention of Barret concerns his assisting the merchant John Keele to load the Turkey Company's ship Bark Reynolds at Tripoli, Syria, with a cargo of galls, cottons, spices, and silk for its return journey to ...
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Barwell, Richard (1741–1804), East India Company servant
T. H. Bowyer
Barwell, Richard (1741–1804), East India Company servant, was born in Calcutta on 8 October 1741, the second of the four sons of William Barwell (1705–1769), governor of Fort William, Bengal (1748–9), afterwards a director of the East India Company, and his third wife, ...
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Barwell, Richard (1741–1804)
Maker: Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Richard Barwell (1741–1804) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1780–81 [with his son Richard Barwell] unknown collection / Christie's; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Beeston, Sir William (1636–1702), merchant and colonial governor
P. B. Austin
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Beeston, Sir William (1636–1702), merchant and colonial governor, was born on 19 November 1636 at Posbrook, Titchfield, Hampshire, the second son of William Beeston of Posbrook and Elizabeth, daughter of Arthur Bromfield. His elder brother, Henry, was master of Winchester School and warden of ...
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Belcher, Jonathan (1682–1757)
Maker: John Faber junior
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Jonathan Belcher (1682–1757) by John Faber junior, 1734 (after Richard Philips) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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Belcher, Jonathan (1682–1757), merchant and colonial governor
Michael C. Batinski
Belcher, Jonathan (1682–1757), merchant and colonial governor, was born on 8 January 1682 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the fifth of seven children of Andrew Belcher (1648–1717), merchant and politician, and his wife, Sarah (1651–1689), the daughter of Jonathan Gilbert, Connecticut merchant and politician.
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Bertram, Walter (d. 1495/6), merchant and provost of Edinburgh
Roland J. Tanner
Bertram, Walter (d. 1495/6), merchant and provost of Edinburgh, is first recorded in 1464. He received payments for expensive cloth sold to James III in 1473 and by 1477 was clearly wealthy, as he bought the lands of Normangills in Lanarkshire from David Lindsay, ...
