1711 - 3rd Jan 1768
London merchant, partner with Vincent John Biscoe (q.v.). Mortgagee-in-possession in his own name of Friendship estate (Jamaica, parish unknown) from at least 1752-1763, and with Biscoe also mortgagee of Golden Grove.
"Merchant commerce" at George Yard, Lombard Street, London, 1749-1752.
"A merchant of London", inherited Biersted manor in Surrey from John Godfrey Esquire in 1757; he bequeathed it to Vincent Biscoe Esquire. In his will, he described John Godfrey as his late cousin.
Marmaduke Hilton, "a West India merchant", died 03/01/1768 aged 57, buried at Limpsfield, Surrey, 11/01/1768.
Will of Marmaduke Hilton, Merchant of Austin Friars, City of London, proved 15/01/1768. The will makes no mention of West Indian property. He left £12,000 in trust for his sisters, and made his partner Vincent John Biscoe his sole executor and residuary legatee.
See estate information for Friendship.
E.W. Brayley, A topographical history of Surrey (1841) vol. 4 pp. 154, 173.
London Magazine: Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer vol. 36 p. 688; Ancestry.com, Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online].
PROB 11/935/150.
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West India merchant
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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:
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1752 [EA] - 1763 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1764 [EA] - 1768 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
In his will made in 1789, Fortunatus Dwarris said he had taken a mortgage on Golden Grove from 'Hilton and Biscoe of London' in 1764 of which £720 was left. |
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Name partner
Hilton & Biscoe
West India merchant |
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Vincent John Biscoe was also the sole executor and residuary legatee of his late partner Marmaduke Hilton's...
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Business associates
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The London merchants Hilton and Biscoe were 'invaluable' to Nathaniel Phillips in his early years in Jamaica, Karl B. Koth, John E. Serieux, 'Sugar, Slavery and Wealth: Jamaica Planter Nathaniel...
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George Yard, Lombard Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'Marmaduke Hilton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660483 [accessed 31st December 2024].
