George Henry Ames

1786 - 20th Jul 1873

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Bristol merchant, partner in Baillie, Ames and Baillie (q.v.). Son of Levi Ames and brother of Jeremiah Ames (q.v.) and of John Ames, the drysalter and banker and Lionel Lyde, the Bristol banker.

  1. Baptised Bristol 07/12/1786. George Henry Ames late of Cote House near Bristol Gloucestershire died 20/07/1873 at Cote House, will proved by George Acland Ames of the Union Club Trafalgar Square; Charles Herbert Ames of Remmenham Place Berks.; Edward Levi Ames of Clevelands in parish of Axmouth Devon, the sons, three of the executors. Effects under £90,000.

  2. Levi Ames (bap. 1739, d. 1820) and his father Jeremiah Ames (1706-1776) are in the ODNB as 'bankers and merchants.' The entry is silent on Jeremiah Ames' recorded slave voyages.


Sources

T71/887 British Guiana claim no. 2289 (Hampton Court).

William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume One 1809-1839 (London, Social Affairs Unit, 2009) reference 1821/13 Ames, Levi, who left £120,000, 'chiefly as a banker'; William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? 1860- (Volumes 3 and 4, manuscripts in preparation), reference 1868/4 Ames, John, drysalter and banker, who left £500,000; William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume Two 1840-1859 (MS), reference 1851/21 Lyde, Lionel (ne Ames), who also left £500,000.

  1. Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Christening Records, 1530-1906 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1873.

  2. Iain S. Black, ‘Ames, Jeremiah (1706–1776)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47721, accessed 3 June 2014]; the Trans-atlantic Slave-trade Database shows three voyages for Jeremiah Ames in syndicates with Corsley Rogers and others in the 1750s, and two further voyages for syndicates including Corsley Rogers and a partner identified only as 'Ames' in 1748 and 1750.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Anna Acland (3 Aug 1826 Clifton)
Children
George Acland, Charles Herbert, Edward Levi
Occupation
Merchant

Associated Claims (16)

£23,024 6s 5d
Awardee
£9,256 18s 4d
Awardee
£89 8s 11d
Awardee
£4,210 16s 8d
Awardee (Assignee)
£2,759 1s 0d
Awardee (Assignee)
£4,030 4s 3d
Awardee
£2,043 19s 6d
Awardee
£147 4s 10d
Awardee
£2,526 6s 3d
Awardee
£162 8s 11d
Awardee
£4,385 6s 2d
Awardee
£1,367 8s 2d
Awardee
£93 16s 1d
Awardee
£3,814 0s 9d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Trustee)
£2,221 17s 0d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Trustee)
£6,042 8s 3d
Awardee

Legacies Summary

Commercial (2)

Name partner
Baillie, Ames & Baillie
West India merchant  
 
Firm Investment
 
notes →
28/02/1837: "Deed of Partnership - (1) Joseph Bell Clarke of Manchester, cotton manufacturer, William Edward Acraman, Alfred John Acraman, Philip William Skynner Miles, Thomas Kington, Peter Maze,...

Cultural (1)

Founder member?
Camden Society...... 

Relationships (3)

Business partners
Brothers
Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law

Addresses (2)

Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
Cote House, Westbury-upon-Trym, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England