???? - 1853
Partner in Reid Irving (q.v.) which failed in 1847-8.
The first evidence of James Milligan as a partner in Reid Irving appears in 1831, when the firm petitioned as a creditor against a Joseph Prendergast of London.
In 1851 a James Milligan 'Merchant and Consul in London for Vinisuela' aged 53 born Glasgow Scotland was living with his wife Elizabeth (aged 46, born Gibraltar) and children James aged 14 born St Marylebone and John G aged 9 born St Stephens City of London at Brook [?] Road, Walton-on-the-Hill in Lancashire; the death of a James Milligan was registered at West Derby Q1 1853.
Law Advertiser 1831 Vol. 9 p. 415.
1851 census online; FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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Occupation
Merchant
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£454 14s 4d
Awardee
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£2,968 12s 7d
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£4,308 19s 0d
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£1,317 14s 1d
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£2,770 6s 7d
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£8,661 2s 5d
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£1,221 18s 5d
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£1,627 19s 2d
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£3,300 14s 2d
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£1,178 17s 5d
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£1,907 0s 11d
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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:
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1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
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Other partner
Reid, Irving
West India & East India merchant |
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'James Milligan', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/47031 [accessed 21st November 2024].
