P_10433_1766 – William Hamilton
William Hamilton (d. 1801), London broker and ship-owner, co-owner (and lead) with 12 others of a slaving voyage from London by the Duchess of Portland to Cape Coast Castle and Lucea/St Lucea in 1792. Partner of co-owner Michael Peter Touray (q.v.) in Hamilton & Touray ship and insurance brokers of 5 Mincing Lane.
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First name: William
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Last name: Hamilton
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Margaret Haden
Spouse (married 05/05/1778)
Marriage at St Botolph Aldgate. In his will William Hamilton described his late wife as the widow of Mr Philip Haden.
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Sources: London Gazette 6 October 1795Issue:13820Page:1047 PROB 11/1374/282 (this will is linked by the presence as executor of James Pillans jun., a partner with MP Touray and William Hamlton). Kent's 1794.
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Crossings (1)
81071 - Duchess of Portland (1792 - 1793)
Role: Owner
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Death
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Burial
Date: 11/12/1801
Location: Greenwich (Kent)
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Occupation: Insurance Broker (Finance)
Insurance and ship broker, in partnership with Michael Peter Touray.
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Courts: PCC
Will of William Hamilton of Blackheath and of Lime Street made in December 1801 [the exact day is blank]. He opened the will by reporting the death of his eldest son James. He left an annuity of £200 p.a to his sister-in-law Jane Chrystie who had looked after his children after the death of his wife, and £30 p.a to his own sister Margaret Hamilton then living in Scotland. Among other legacies for mourning he left a ring of 50 guineas and £50 as executor to his 'respected and much esteemed friend' Thomas Gordon of Percy Street. He made his step-daughter Margaretta Haden a co-heir alongside his natural children with the proviso that she take the name Hamilton and that the £2100 he had invested in East India stock in her name be treated as part of her share in his residual estate. He had settled £3000 on his daughter Elizabeth on her marriage to Thomas Garland Murray in 1800. He asked his partner Michael Peter Touray to continue their business for 5 years from 'Christmas next', after which his share in the business should be put in the hands of whichever of his sons his executors saw fit. He placed in trust his share in the East Indiaman the Preston and two new ships now building, together with his other property, for the benefit of Margaretta and his own six[sic] children (given as William, Robert, Henry, James and Isabella). He proved that if Thomas Garland Murray died, then commander of the larger of the two new East Indiamen building should go to a son of Thomas Gordon if eligible.
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