William George Shedden

Profile & Legacies Summary

22^nd Jul 1803 - 3^rd Dec 1872

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Partner in Hawthorn & Shedden with his brother-in-law Robert Hawthorn (q.v.). Son of George (q.v.) and Mary Shedden, and grandson of Robert Shedden (q.v.).

Born at 6 Bedford Square 22/07/1803. Baptised 09/08/1803 St George's Bloomsbury (parentage as above). Died s.p. 03/12/1872 at Spring Hill. Additional addresses given for him were Paulers Pury Park, Northamptonshire; Hardmead, Buckinghamshire; Knockmarloch, Ayrshire.
Will of William George Shedden late of Spring Hill, Whippingham, Isle of Wight who died 3 December 1872 at Spring Hill proved by William Hawthorn of 5 Lime St Square the nephew one of the executors: effects under £35,000, resworn November 1881 under £45,000.

Later generations of Sheddens were descended from William George Shedden's brother Roscow Cole Shedden (1811-1877) and the latter's son George Shedden (1856-).

Sources

Ancestry.com, Visitation of England and Wales [database online]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online].
National Probate Calendar 1872.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

William George Sheddan

Wealth at death

£45,000

Occupation

Merchant

Associated Claims (2)

Associated Estates (1)

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