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John Townson of Grays Inn

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1797

Biography

John Townson of London, London merchant and MP, co-financed the development of the Belleaire estate of James Mackie (q.v.) in exchange for a half-interest in the estate. He had been a Director of the East India Co.

  1. Will of John Townson of Grays Inn proved 18/03/1797. He left in trust an annuity of £500 p.a. to Mrs Sarah Belcher (which in two codicils he tried to clarify as in fact £250 p.a.), together with his leasehold house at 18 Charlotte Street Bedford Square, and his residuary estate to John Stuart of Hampstead (q.v.).

Sources

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/townson-john-1725-97; McGilvary, George Kirk (1990). 'East India patronage and the political management of Scotland 1720-1774', PhD thesis The Open University pp. 183, 376.

  1. PROB 11/1288/72.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Estates (1)

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
1768 [EA] - 1797 [LA] → Joint owner
Belleaire [ St Vincent ]

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Director
East India Co.
East India merchant  
 
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Director 1781-3, 1785-8, 1790-3,...

Political (1)

MP
 
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Milborne Port Somerset
1780 - 1787

Relationships (1)

John Townson of Grays Inn
Testator → Legatee
John Stuart of Hampstead
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Addresses (1)

18 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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