1719 - 1779
Glasgow merchant, father of William Cross (q.v.). In 1768 he was party together with Robert Bogle and John Baird all of Glasgow with Charlton Palmer and James Oswald of London, mortgaging an estate known as Montreuil.
Caribbeana III, p. 222; Anthony Cooke, 'An elite revisited: Glasgow West India merchants, 1783-1877', Journal of Scottish Historical Studies 32.2 2012 pp. 127-165, at p. 157, SC 36/48/8/449, 26 March 1814 [for William Cross].
Absentee?
British/Irish
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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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1766 [EA] - 1768 [LA] → Joint owner
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Commercial (1) |
Senior partner
John Cross & Co.
West India merchant |
Father → Son
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Business associates
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