Andrew Loughnan senior

???? - 1845


Biography

London merchant, dying in 1845, the same year as his son Andrew Loughnan junior (q.v.). Originally partner with Thomas Cheap (q.v.) until the latter's death c. 1795, and then with Thomas's son Andrew Cheap, in Cheap, Loughnan, which failed in 1799. He then partnered with John Tunno (q.v.).

  1. Andrew Loughan, Esquire, of New Court, St Swithin Lane, married Miss Mary Ann Hamilton, daughter of the late Dr Robert Hamilton of the Island of Grenada, in 1798.

  2. In 1801 the life-interest of Andrew Loughnan should he survive his wife, and his absolute right should he survive his wife without issue, in £2000 secured on the La Samaritaine estate and the enslaved people on it in St Patrick Grenada were placed for auction after the bankruptcy of Cheap, Loughnan, subject to a mortgage debt of £26,000 an annuity of £300 p.a. to a lady aged 54 or thereabouts and a further £2000 to a co-legatee on the estate, together with his tenancy by courtesy of one moiety of the estate.


Sources

The two men died within months of each other in 1845. Andrew Loughnan junior of Bentinck Terrace Regents Park was buried at St Mary Paddington 17/04/1845; Andrew Loughnan aged 82 of Tonbridge was buried at the same cemetery 06/06/1845; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].

  1. Oxford Journal 23/06/1798.

  2. London Gazette 15325 03/01/1801 pp. 32-3.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Mary Ann Hamilton

Associated Estates (3)

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
1787 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Other

Andrew Loughnan and William Hutchinson gentlemen, merchants of London for the house of Messrs Cheap, Loughnan and Company, factors for the Albany Estate whereof John Pringle and Thomas Cheap Esqs were mortgagees in possession, and said Andrew Loughnan as book keeper for said company.

1787 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
- 1801 [LA] → Trust beneficiary

In 1801 the life-interest of Andrew Loughnan should he survive his wife, and his absolute right should he survive his wife without issue, in £2000 secured on the La Samaritaine estate and the enslaved people on it in St Patrick Grenada were placed for auction after the bankruptcy of Cheap, Loughnan, subject to a mortgage debt of £26,000 an annuity of £300 p.a. to a lady aged 54 or thereabouts and a further £2000 to a co-legatee on the estate, together with his tenancy by courtesy of one moiety of the estate.


Legacies Summary

Commercial (2)

Partner
Cheap Loughnan
West India & East India merchant  
 
Name partner
Tunno and Loughnan
General overseas merchant?  
 

Relationships (5)

Business partners
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Father → Son
Other relatives
Notes →
Andrew Loughnan married Mary Ann, Sir Alexander Hamilton's...
Business partners

Addresses (1)

Tonbridge, Kent, South-east England, England