P_10433_1568 – Edward Louisa Mann
Born: 17/06/1702
Died: 1775
Edward Louisa Mann (1702-1775), land-owner and place-holder, collector of customs in London, slave-owner on Tortola, and owner of a slaving voyage from London by the Black Prince to Cape Coast Castle and Kingston in 1763. He was the eldest son and heir of a mercantile family that had attained gentility in Kent: one of his brothers, Galfridus, was an army contractor, and another, Sir Horace (Horatio) Mann 1st bart., was the correspondent of Horace Walpole, while his nephew Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd bart., was MP for Maidstone and then Sandwich.
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First name: Edward Louisa
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Last name: Mann
Aliases: Edward Louisa Man
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
Religion: Church of England
Social background: Trade
Primary outcome: Gentry
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Relations
Robert Mann
Father
Eleanor Mann
Mother
Political Offices Held
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Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant: Don't know
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
Slave-owner on Tortola.
Sources: PROB 11/1015/65 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146666905 T 1/516/248-249 Description: ENGLAND AND WALES: CUSTOMS AND EXCISE: Correspondence from the Commissioners of HM Customs: Death of Edward Louisa Mann, Collector Inwards at Port of London. Asking directions for future collections. Date: 1775 Dec. 22. Miscellaneous Correspondence Vol. IV (1764) for December 1761 p. 781 and p. 783 https://libsvcs-1.its.yale.edu/walpoleimages/hwcorrespondence/24/184.pdf for Edward Mann (d. 1761) as Collector of Customs at St Kitts.
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Crossings (1)
75172 - Black Prince (1763 - 1763)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 17/06/1702
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Death
Date: 1775
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Burial
Date: 26/12/1757
Location: Maidstone (Kent)
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Residencies
Occupation: Landowner (Elite)
Edward Louisa Mann was also Collector of Customs for London.
Schools
Eton
Universities
Cambridge
Clare
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
Value of Total Personalty: /
Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate): £17,000
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Courts: PCC
Will of Edward Louisa Mann of Linton, Kent. He left the bulk of his property to Sarah Coleman otherwise Wright, Mary Mann, her daughter, then living with him and to Mary's infant brother James Mann, including £17,000 to Mary Mann and his property in Tortola to Sarah Coleman to be let out for 21 years, with reversion to James Mann. The will identifies his brother as Sir Horatio Mann.
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