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1791
SIGNATORIES
This list of signatories to the 1791 petition to William Pitt is
given in the order it was signed.
Abbreviations used
EIC = East India Company
Dir
= director ComC = committee
chairman Capt = ship’s captain SS = ship’s surgeon Eng = engineer
TH = Trinity House
DM =
Deputy Master EB = elder brother
Other
BED
= Bank of England Director
A+B
= Official of Society of Antiquaries & Bridewell
HC =
Hull connections LC = Leominster
connections
GI =
Gray’s Inn (address or chambers) LI =
Lincoln’s Inn LL Lloyds Register
member Law = other law practice
Addresses
etc: BR = Bedford Row CF = Crutched Friars BofE = Bank of England neighbourhood
Name |
MP**** |
City |
EIC |
TH |
other |
Features of note |
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John Boydell |
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Ld Mayor |
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Richard Clark |
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Alderman |
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A+B |
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Thomas Harley |
<1784 Herefordshire |
Father |
ComC |
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LC LL <1791 |
Purchased an estate
from a close relative of Cort’s navy client Frederick
Cornewall. |
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John W Anderson |
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Alderman |
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George Macauley |
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Sheriff |
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John Julius Angerstein |
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Merchant |
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BofE LL principal |
Associated
with the founding of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the National
Gallery's original collection. |
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Iron importer |
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BofE |
Only signatory from
the iron trade. Also involved in
Wilsontown ironworks. Possibility
that “Son” becomes husband of Cort’s daughter
Charlotte. |
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William Ward |
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Merchant |
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John Ewer |
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Merchant |
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Sir Michael le Fleming |
<1784 Westmoreland |
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Sir Richard Carr Glyn |
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Sheriff 1790-1 |
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A+B BofE |
Sheriff’s
term ends Michaelmas Eve. |
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Thomas Parry |
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Merchant |
Dir |
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Joseph Nutt |
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Merchant |
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BED BofE |
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John Townson |
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Dir |
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GI |
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William Money |
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Dir |
EB |
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**Robert Thornton |
1790 Colchester |
Russia Co |
Dir |
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HC |
Uncle Godfrey was Richard Crawshay’s banker. Brother Henry prominent in campaign to
abolish slavery. |
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**Samuel Thornton |
1784 Hull |
Russia Co |
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BED HC |
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**Cornwall Smalley |
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Russia Co |
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John Hunter |
1784 Leominster |
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Dir |
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LC |
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Paul le Mesurier |
<1790 Southwark |
Alderman |
Dir |
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LL 1791 |
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William Curtis |
1790 London |
Alderman |
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1790 Colchester |
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Only signatory
with navy connections. Probably met
Cort during his spell as a navy agent.
Knighted 28 July 1791. |
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Francis Annesley |
<1784 Reading |
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Robert Smith |
<1784 Nottingham |
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Founder of the Carrington dynasty |
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George Smith |
1791 Lostwithiel |
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Sir Watkin Lewes |
<1784 London |
Alderman |
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Vice President, Society of Arts 1791 |
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William Chute |
1790 Hampshire |
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Hector Rose |
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DM |
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John Bartholomew Lanty |
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EB |
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Timothy Mangles |
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Merchant |
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EB |
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George Burton |
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EB |
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Anthony Calvert |
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EB |
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Thomas Brown |
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EB |
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Philip Bromfield |
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Capt |
EB |
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