Banker (Colonial - East Indies)
No notes
East India bankers and merchants, founded in India, then in London from 1801.
Admission of Charles Rushout Cockerell as partner in firm to be known henceforward as Sir Charles Cockerell and Co., signed at Austin Friars by C. Cockerell, J.S. Brownrigg, J. Cockerell, G.G.H. de Larpent and C. Rushout Cockerell.
The partnership subsisting between Sir Charles Cockerell lately deceased, John Studholme Brownrigg, John Cockerell, George Gerard Hochpied de Larpent and Sir Charles Rushout Cockerell of Austin Friars as East India agents and merchants under Sir Charles Cockerell bart. & Co. was dissolved 31/12/1837 and continued by J.S. Brownrigg, John Cockerell and G.G.H. de Larpent under Cockerell & Co.
W.D. Rubinstein Who were the rich? Vol. I p. 447.
London Gazette 19117 07/01/1834 p. 26.
London Gazette 19576 5 January 1838 p. 42.
???? - 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.
