Robert Kite

1774 - 1839

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

At one point a wine merchant and possibly an insurance broker, then apparently a general merchant under Robert Kite & Co. (q.v.).

  1. Will of Robert Kite merchant of Bucklersbury proved 27/11/1839; death of Robert Kite registered Q3 1839 Islington; burial of Robert Kite 16/07/1839 St Mary Islington aged 65.

  2. Baptism of Frederick Robert Kite to Robert and Ann Kite of Dalby Terrace at St Mary Islington 18/07/1822; the Rev. Frederick Robert Kite formerly of Wood Vale Sydenham and afterwards of St Johns Parsonage Kenilworth died 13/08/1865 leaving personal estate under £16,000.

  3. Robert Kite and his wife Ann Aplin of Dalby Terrace (presumably the sister or daughter of Kite's partner as a wine-merchant) are identified as parties in a Deed of Covenant to certain copyhold properties at Ambrosden and Blackthorn in the county of Oxford, held by the Aplin family dated 21/01/1823.


Sources

  1. PROB 11/1918; FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].

  2. Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1865.

  3. http://familytree.posterous.com/ posted Jan 27 2010 [accessed 17/01/2011].


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Ann Aplin
Children
Rev. Frederick Robert (1822-1865)
Occupation
Merchant

Associated Claims (3)

£930 17s 10d
Awardee (Trustee)
£1,346 16s 9d
Awardee (Trustee)
£638 9s 8d
Awardee

Associated Estates (2)

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
1834 [EA] - → Trustee
1834 [EA] - → Trustee

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Firm Investment
Robert Kite & Co.
West India merchant  
 

Addresses (1)

26 Bucklersbury, City of London, Middlesex, London, England