P_10433_0401 – Robert Chester
London West India merchant and Goldsmith, and a Director of the South Sea Company, stripped of property in 1722. His gross assets in 1721 were given as £170,218. According to Carswell, he owned extensive estates in Antigua and Barbados.
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First name: Robert
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Last name: Chester
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Edward Chester, per Carswell; Haseldine Chester? per VLO
Father
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Internal migrant: Don't know
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Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: Yes
Sources: London Gazette 26 March 1722Issue:6072Page:4 Carswell South Sea Bubble p. 247. PROB 11/656/447.
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Organisations (1)
South Sea Company
Role: Director
Crossings (2)
15150 - Mayflower (1700 - 1701)
Role: Owner
15107 - Chester Frigate (1701 - 1702)
Role: Owner
Birth
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Death
Date: 1732
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Burial
Date: 1732
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Memorial details: Monument by Robert Taylor with inscription.
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Physical Imprints
Building Category: Rural
Type: Built
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Year: 1719
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Briggens, a country house at Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, designed by Sir James Thornhill. Construction began in 1719.
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