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James Brymer

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1815

Biography

Merchant of London, one of a group of London merchants lending £60,000 in total to Alexander Donaldson in 1803 secured on substantial 'slave-property', mostly mortgages.

  1. Will of James Brymer merchant of Throgmorton Street London proved 03/01/1815.He left £35,000 to the family of Alexander Brymer of Bath his cousin, and a range of other smaller monetary legacies of friends. Alexander Brymer was a Nova Scotia merchant dying in 1822, leaving £120,000.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1564/21; W.D. Rubinstein Who were the rich Vol. 1 (1809-1824) 2nd edition 1822/13

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Name Partner
Allan, Colquhoun & Brymer
General overseas merchant?  
 
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Relationships (1)

James Brymer
Business partners
James Allan
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