Mark Woodhouse

West India broker, bankrupt with his partner James Woodhouse (q.v.) in 1819, when the assignees put up for sale Mark Woodhouse's house in Stockwell and intended to continue with the sale of 'slaves' in Jamaica who appear to have belonged to James Woodhouse rather than the partnership itself. James and Mark Woodhouse were presumably two of the unnamed five children referred to in the will of Mark Woodhouse, sugar broker of Cross Lane St Dunstan's Hill, whose will proved 28/01/1790 indicated significant wealth, including £10,000 in trust for his wife. Unlike James Woodhouse, Mark Woodhouse appears to have recovered from bankruptcy, and is presumed by LBS to have been the partner of the same name with Ann Woodhouse and James Parker Woodhouse as colonial produce brokers at 30 Mincing Lane until 30/04/1831, when Ann Woodhouse retired. The firm continued with family partners trading as C.M. and C. Woodhouse until at least 1913, and as Woodhouse, Carey & Browne until at least 1940.

1. Will of Mark Woodhouse of St Dunstan's Hill proved 19/12/1859 by James Parker Woodhouse and Mark Coventry Woodhouse, the nephews, effects under £45,000.

London Gazette 17468 13 April 1819 p. 665. The bankruptcy records - not yet consulted by LBS - are at TNA, B 3/5234; PROB 11/1187/301; London Gazette 19164 13 June 1834 p. 1115; London Gazette 28726 6 June 1913 p. 4048; London Gazette 35045 17 January 1941 p. 360.

1. National Probate Calendar 1859.