UCL

John Vere

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

London banker, long-time head of the firm that evolved into Sapte, Muspratt and Co. (a predecessor of RBS). He counterclaimed apparently unsuccessfully as surviving partner of Vere & Ward assignees of a mortgage on the Retrieve estate in Demerara. To date no death-date or will has been found for him by LBS.

  1. John Vere was partner in Veres Ward & Co. until 1833 and in its successor firm Vere Sapte until his retirement in 1840.

Sources

T71/887 British Guiana no. 2349.

  1. London Gazette 19019 05/02/1833 p. 251; ibid, 19810 03/01/1840 p. 10.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Claims (1)

British Guiana 2349 (Retrieve)
£9,235 7s 11d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Partner
Vere & Ward
Banker  
 
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Relationships (1)

John Vere
Business partners
John Robert Ward
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Addresses (1)

Lombard Street, City of London, Middlesex, London, England
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