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John Simpson

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1803

Biography

London merchant, partner with his nephew Crawford Davison the elder (q.v.), and MP for Mitchell 1799-1802.

  1. Will of John Simpson of Warnford Court merchant trading under the name Simpson and Weirson [sic: given the rest of this will this must be an error for Davison] at present at my dwelling house on Stamford Hill proved 22/06/1803. Under the will he left his wife Eleanor an annuity of £400 p.a.. He identified his sister as Margaret Davison, widow of Thomas Davison, and spoke about his nephew as his partner: Crawford Davison 'my partner' was among the executors.

Sources

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/simpson-john-1803 [accessed 31/05/2017]. The entry is tentative about the identification of the MP.

  1. PROB 11/1395/133.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Eleanor

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Name partner
Davison, Simpson & Davison
West India merchant  
 
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Political (1)

MP
 
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Mitchell Cornwall
1799 - 1802

Relationships (1)

John Simpson
Uncle → Nephew
Crawford Davison the elder
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Addresses (2)

Stamford Hill, London, Middlesex, London, England
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10 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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