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George Hooper of Rotherhithe

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1804

Biography

London merchant, and mortgagee of 'slave-property' in St Vincent, where he assumed a mortgage of £5000 and was granted possession of the Camden Park and Ladoux estates of Charles Payne Sharpe in 1770. In the deed he was identified as of Rotherhithe, merchant.

  1. The will of George Hooper of Greenwich proved 02/01/1805 is almost certainly the same man. In the will he refers to his property in St Mary Rotherhithe, but is silent on mortgages in the West Indies or 'slave-property'.

Sources

Vere Langford Oliver, Vol. III p. 324.

  1. PROB 11/1419/7.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Married but no further details

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
1770 [EA] - 1770 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
Camden Park [ St Vincent ]
1770 [EA] - 1770 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
Ladoux [ St Vincent | St Andrew ]

Relationships (1)

George Hooper of Rotherhithe
Mortgagee → Mortgagor
Charles Payne Sharpe
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Addresses (2)

Greenwich, Kent, London, England
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Rotherhithe, Kent, South-east England, England
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