P_10432_0068 – John Hardman
Born: 1694
Died: 06/12/1755
John Hardman (1694 – 1756) was a Liverpool merchant and member of the African Company of Merchants who participated in forty-two slave trading voyages between 1728 and 1762 that transported 11785 captives from Africa to the Caribbean and North America. His other commercial interests included trade to Holland, West Africa, Caribbean and North America. They were also a major landowner who owned the Manor in Allerton and further properties in Great Woolton, Garston, Aigburth, Grassendale, Childwall, and Liverpool. Hardman was a regular representative for Liverpool to the Board of Trade and served as MP for Liverpool between 1754 and 1756.
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First name: John
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Last name: Hardman
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Primary cohort: Liverpool
Sex: Male
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Social background: Trade
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Relations
Richard Hardman
Father
Elizabeth Hardman
Mother
Daughter of James Fernyside
James Hardman
Brother
Co-owners of Allerton property
Political Offices Held
Parliament
1754-5
Local
Representative for the Liverpool Corporation to the Board of Trade.
Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
Africa
Americas
Europe
Internal migrant: No
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: No
Creditor to slave trade voyages: No
Philanthropy: No
Plantation owner: No
Sources: The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964 HBO P. Lead, Agents of Revolution: John and Thomas Gilbert - entrepreneurs (Centre for Local History, Keele 1989), 70
Other Individuals
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Organisations
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Crossings (42)
94802 - Ogden (1742 - 1743)
Role: Owner
92419 - Angola (1737 - 1738)
Role: Owner
92413 - Cape Coast (1735 - 1736)
Role: Owner
92407 - Mary and Ann (1734 - 1736)
Role: Owner
92406 - Pineapple (1735 - 1735)
Role: Owner
92402 - Willoughby
Role: Owner
92397 - John
Role: Owner
92394 - Robert (1730 - 1731)
Role: Owner
92387 - Robert (1728 - 1729)
Role: Owner
20706 - Angola (1741 - 1742)
Role: Owner
27129 - Ogden
Role: Owner
90551 - Esther (1760 - 1761)
Role: Owner
90538 - Hardman (1758 - 1758)
Role: Owner
90537 - Hardman (1756 - 1757)
Role: Owner
90536 - Hardman (1754 - 1755)
Role: Owner
90477 - Cato (1753 - 1754)
Role: Owner
90315 - Tryton (1756 - 1756)
Role: Owner
90257 - Nancy (1761 - 1762)
Role: Owner
90256 - Nancy (1759 - 1760)
Role: Owner
90255 - Nancy (1758 - 1759)
Role: Owner
90254 - Nancy (1756 - 1756)
Role: Owner
90253 - Nancy (1754 - 1755)
Role: Owner
90252 - Nancy (1753 - 1754)
Role: Owner
90251 - Nancy (1752 - 1752)
Role: Owner
90250 - Nancy (1751 - 1751)
Role: Owner
90249 - Nancy (1750 - 1750)
Role: Owner
90248 - Nancy (1749 - 1749)
Role: Owner
90177 - Phoebe (1751 - 1752)
Role: Owner
90176 - Phoebe (1749 - 1750)
Role: Owner
90175 - Phoebe (1748 - 1748)
Role: Owner
90113 - Lively (1745 - 1745)
Role: Owner
90112 - Lively (1743 - 1744)
Role: Owner
90111 - Lively (1742 - 1742)
Role: Owner
90110 - Lively (1740 - 1741)
Role: Owner
90109 - Lively (1739 - 1740)
Role: Owner
90108 - Lively (1737 - 1737)
Role: Owner
90084 - King of Sardinia (1748 - 1749)
Role: Owner
90046 - Postilion (1745 - 1745)
Role: Owner
90037 - Mary and Ann (1747 - 1747)
Role: Owner
90028 - Nancy (1745 - 1745)
Role: Owner
90026 - Sea Nymph (1745 - 1745)
Role: Owner
90009 - Phoenix (1744 - 1744)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1694
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Death
Date: 06/12/1755
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Burial
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Residencies
Occupation: Merchant - General Overseas (Merchant)
Schools
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Universities
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Inns of Court
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Military training
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Imperial positions
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Apprenticeships
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Livery company affiliations
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Other business activities
Region: England
Economic sector: Shipping
Region: England
Economic sector: Land
Purchased the Allerton property for £7,700 in 1736. References to wider Hardman estates in Great Woolton, Garston, Aigburth, Grassendale, Childwall, and Liverpool.
Region: England
Economic sector: Infrastructure
Surveyed the rivers Trent and Mersey as part of proposal to establish a canal connecting them.
Was slave trading profitable: No
Will
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Legacies
Land
Value: £7,700
The Manor at Allerton [£7,700]
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