1800 - 20th Apr 1868
Son of Thomas Wilson (1760-1829, of 6 Warnford Court, of Thomas Wilson & Co., left £120,000) and cousin of Fletcher Wilson (q.v.) and Ambrose Moore (q.v.)
One of the '3 Ws', the London-based firms trading with America that suspended payments 1837.
T70/880 Grenada claim no. 614 (Grand Roy Estate).
William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume One 1809-1839 (London, Social Affairs Unit, 2009) reference 1829/28 for Thomas Wilson.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Louisa Eleonora Stephenson
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Children
Martha (1829-), Charles Rivers (1831-), Alice (1834-), Fanny (1835-), Florence (1837-), Herny (1843-), Eleanora (1844-)
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£2,810 13s 3d
Awardee
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Commercial (4) |
Railway Investment
South Yorkshire Coal Canal and Railway [1846495]
£4100
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Director
notes → 1. Director of Alliance British and Foreign Fire and Life Assurance Society 1853...
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Name partner
Thomas Wilson & Co.
North American merchant notes → Ambrose Moore, Melvil Wilson and Fletcher Wilson are identified as the partners of Thomas Wilson & Co. (one of the '3 Ws' in the crisis of the late 1830s), Dorfman p. 140...
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Director
Bank of England
Banker notes → Member of the Court of Directors 1829-31, 1832-34,...
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Son → Father
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16 Montague Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1787 - 8th Apr 1844
Yorkshire landowner.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Melvil Wilson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/11284 [accessed 21st November 2024].
