Hardman Earle

Son of Thomas Earle of Spekelands (1754-1822, Mayor of Liverpool 1787), brother of William Earle the younger, Mayor of Liverpool 1836, nephew of William Earle of Everton.

1. Charles Turner of City Chambers London and of Liverpool had assigned all his real and personal estate to Hardman Earle, Richard Heywood, John Hayward Turner of Liverpool as Trustees to sell same ... for equal benefit of all creditors.

2. The children of Hardman Earle were:

. (Sir) Thomas 1820-1900, married daughter of Bank of England agent, merchant etc, left £86,045 9s 7d

. Mary, died in infancy, 1821.

. Hardman 1825-1853, married daughter of ‘Brazilian merchant’ (Caroline – below – married one of the sons of the same merchant); died at sea, buried Lisbon.

. Elizabeth 1826-1905, unmarried, left £43,732 2s.

. Emily 1827-1914, married Hugh Perkins, wool broker, left £45,812 5s 8d

. Harriet 1829-1913, married Archibald Tod share broker, left £58,733 6s 5d.

. Georgina 1830-1908, married Hugh Longueville Jones fundholder (most of his life) and JP (he left £200,000). She left £81,441 16s 2d

. Caroline 1833-1875 married son of the above ‘Brazilian’ merchant; she left £12,000.

. William 1834-1885, married daughter of General Codrington, army officer, left £103,344 1s 3d.

. Arthur 1839-1919, married daughter of a diplomat, merchant, left £635,489 19s 9d

T71/877 Antigua claim nos. 30 (Thibou's Estate), 46 (Gray's, Belfast), 51 ((Parson Mawle [?]), 87 (Manning's Estate), 131 (Gilbert's and Mercer's Creek), 265 (Lynch's Estate), 269 (Mount Estate), 279 (Montpelier), 350 (Gunthorpe's, St Georges), 362 (Blizards) and 394 (Bodkin's St Paul).

1. London Gazette, Issue 18883, 13/12/1831, p. 2629.

2. Email from David Barker 09/03/2021; National Probate Calendar.

We are grateful to David Barker for his assistance with compiling this entry.