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James Inglish Keighly or Keighley

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1808

Biography

London merchant, former partner with Richard Beckford (q.v.) reportedly having paid £30,500 in 1793 to Rice James for his share in the partnership, bankrupt by 1802 and posthumously subject to a renewed commission of bankruptcy in 1824.

  1. 'In Tavistock Place, Russell Square greatly and justly lamented by his friends and relations, James Inglish Keighly Esq. His death was occasioned by water on the chest, brought on by vexation, and along series of almost unparalleled persecution, trials and misfortunes, which he had borne up under for these many years past with a degree of firmness and fortitude equalled by few.'

Sources

  1. The Athenaeum Jan to June 1808 Vol. III p. 380.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1794 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Other
Fort William [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Given as both mortgagee-in-possession with Richard Beckford and as trustee to the mortgagees Beckford and James.

1796 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Other
Prospect [4] Sugar Estate [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Shown variously as as in possession of Beckford and Keighley for Beckford and James mortgagees-in-possession and as trustees.

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Senior Partner
Keighley & Co.
West India merchant  
 
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Relationships (1)

James Inglish Keighly or Keighley
Business partners
Richard Beckford
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Addresses (1)

Tavistock Place, Russell Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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