Sir Joseph Birch MP
Title: Sir
First name: Joseph
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Last name: Birch
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Primary cohort: Liverpool
Sex: Male
Religion: Nonconformist - Unitarian
Social background: Trade
Primary outcome: Gentry
Political Affiliation: Whig
Relations
Elizabeth Mary Birch
Spouse (married 06/03/1786)
Nee Heywood
Thomas Bernard Birch
Son
Only surviving son. Inherited most of estate.
Political Offices Held
Parliament
MP for Ludgershall, Wiltshire (1812-18) MP for Nottingham (1818-30)
Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant: No
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: Yes
Inherited from his father, Thomas Birch Received compensation for 147 enslaved people on the Leogan estate, St James, Jamaica
Sources: ONDB
Other Individuals
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Organisations
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Crossings (8)
80297 - Anna (1783 - 1784)
Role: Owner
80296 - Anna (1782 - 1783)
Role: Owner
83507 - Sarah (1790 - 1791)
Role: Owner
81916 - Iris (1792 - 1793)
Role: Owner
81915 - Iris (1791 - 1792)
Role: Owner
81914 - Iris (1790 - 1790)
Role: Owner
81687 - Hall (1790 - 1791)
Role: Owner
81092 - Eagle (1790 - 1791)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 18/06/1755
Location: Liverpool (Lancashire)
Death
Date: 22/08/1833
Location: Prescot (Lancashire)
Burial
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Baronetcy: 09/1831
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Residencies
Occupation: Merchant - General Overseas (Merchant)
Birch had diverse commercial interests, ranging from ship owning and brewing to landholding and slave-owning in Jamaica, as well as slave trading (with various partners he is known to been part-owner of slave-trading voyages from Liverpool) and stock in the East India Company.
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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
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Legacies
Physical Imprints
Building Category: Rural
Type: Built
Town/City: Prescot (Lancashire)
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Year: 1754
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Birch's home The Hazels in Prescot (now Knowsley Metropolitan Authority) survives and is a Grade II listed building: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1283592?section=official-list-entry
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