P_10433_0416 – Sir Robert Dunckley
London Virginia merchant, co-owner of 4 voyages from London between 1701 and 1703, two destined for Jamaica and one to each of Antigua and Barbados. Knighted c. 1708, he was brought down by the failure of Thomas Coutts in 1713.
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First name: Robert
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Last name: Dunckley
Aliases: Dunckly, Robert, Dunckley, Robert
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Political Offices Held
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Member of Court of Common Council, City of London
Bankruptcies
1
London Gazette 5164 13/10/1713 p. 2
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Sources: Virginia merchant 1702 (des Cognets Lost Virginia Records (1958) p. 257; Price, Jacob M., and Paul G. E. Clemens. “A Revolution of Scale in Overseas Trade: British Firms in the Chesapeake Trade, 1675-1775.” The Journal of Economic History 47, no. 1 (1987): 1–43. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2121938; London Gazette 5164 13/10/1713 p. 2
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Crossings (4)
21350 - Maurice and George (1703 - 1704)
Role: Owner
21155 - Adventure (1703 - 1704)
Role: Owner
20290 - Lion and Lamb (1701 - 1702)
Role: Owner
15118 - Thomas and Phoebe (1702 - 1703)
Role: Owner
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Knighthood: 1708
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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