Thomson Hankey

Profile & Legacies Summary

1773 - 1855

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Son of John Hankey (died before 19/12/1792) and Elizabeth Thomson, and grandson of Sir Thomas Hankey and his wife Sarah Barnard. Partner in Thomson Hankey & Company (q.v.), father of Thomson Hankey junior (q.v.), uncle of John Alexander Hankey (q.v.) and cousin (and father-in-law) of Thomas Hankey (q.v.).

Baptised 04/03/1773 St Dunstan in the East. Married 1801 Martha Harrison, daughter of Benjamin Harrison.
Death of Thomson Hankey registered Q4 1855 Steyning Sussex; buried Kensal Green All Souls 01/11/1855.
Baptised 04/03/1773 St Dunstans-in-the-East London. Died Brighton 26/10/1855, left £140,000. West India merchant in the City of London. Described as 'plantation owner and West Indies merchant' in the ODNB entry for his son Thomson Hankey junior '7 Mincing Lane, [Hove] Brighton and formerly of 7 Portland place' (Probate Calendar). Two of his sons, Thomson [1893/58] and George [1894/55] also appear in Rubinstein's lists of the rich.

Sources

Ancestry.com, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1812 [database online]; William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume Two 1840-1859 (MS) reference 1855/7; John Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (4 vols., London, Henry Colburn, 1835-1838), vol. 4, pp. 117-118, Hankey, of Fetcham.
FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online].
Rubinstein op. cit. reference 1855/7.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Martha Harrison

Children

Thomson (1806-), Albinea (1808-), Isabella (1809-), Emma (1811-), Charles (1811-), George (1815-), Caroline (1817-)

Will

Left £140,000 'within province'.

Wealth at death

£140,000

Occupation

West India merchant

Rubinstein

1855/7

Associated Claims (11)

Associated Estates (5)

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

1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

Grand Ance Estate [ Grenada | St George ]

An indenture of 04/11/1829 whereby J & A Smith of Glasgow took on the mortgage debt of William Stuart to Thomson and John Alexander Hankey of London gave the background in which by indentures of 01 and 02/09/1826 William Stuart and his wife Helen had mortgaged estates including Grand Ance and Mount Hardman (as well as Prospect and Hog Island) and the enslaved people attached to them and 'also all bulls, cows and other cattle, live and dead stock....' to Thomson Hankey and John Alexander Hankey for £18,500. In 1827 additional security was added including Helen Stuart's right to dower and the Morne Delice estate and the enslaved people attached to it. Under the 1829 deed, J&A Smith repaid the Hankey's mortgage.

1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner

Grand Bras Estate [ Grenada | St Andrew ]

1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner

Grenville Vale Estate [ Grenada | St George ]

The compensation records show that Thomson Hankey senior, Thomson Hankey jun. and John A. Hankey had secured an Ejectment in 1832, having previously been mortgagees.

1827 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

Morne Delice Estate [ Grenada | St George ]

1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

Mount Hardman Estate [ Grenada | St George ]