Joseph Warner Bromley

London solicitor, trustee and agent for other trustees on a complex award on Byde Mill in Barbados.

1. In partnership at Gray's Inn as 'Attorneys and Solicitors' with William Bromley until the dissolution of the partnership 20/09/1834; William Bromley subsequently went bankrupt but Joseph Warner Bromley continued, retiring 31/12/1850 from his partnership with Walter William Aldridge.

2. Baptised or born 02/10/1792 at St George the Martyr, the son of Nathaniel Warner Bromley. Married Amelia Robarts 17/01/1822 at Westminster. Will of Joseph Warner Bromley formerly of Gray's Inn but lately of Bansfield Hall Suffolk who died at Bansfield Hall 16/12/1860 proved 29/01/1861 by two of his sons, effects under £14,000.

T71/898 Barbados claim no. 3777 (Byde Mill).

1. London Gazette, Issue 19195, 23/09/1834, p. 1724; London Gazette, Issue 20374, 16/08/1844, p. 2876; London Gazette, Issue 21168, 03/01/1851, p.15.

2. Ancestry.com, England and Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 [database online]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1980 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1861. Children are from England and Wales Christening Records.

We are grateful to Peter Winnington for his assistance with this entry.