P_10433_2157 – John Lansdell of Halstead
John Lansdell, Deputy Treasurer of the Ordnance and MP, co-owner (given as ‘John Lansdale’) with Henry Neale of a slaving voyage from London by the Diligence to Gambia and Charleston in 1727. The will of John Lansdell of Halstead made in 1725 and proved in 1739 names Henry Neale (q.v.), the co-investor in ‘John Lansdale’s’ voyage, as a trustee. John Lansdell in 1724 was co-owner with Charles Lansdell (q.v.) and others of the Lady Rach[a]el, a slave-ship sailing for the Royal African Co. He had been an Assistant in the Royal African Co. 1716-22.
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First name: John
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Last name: Lansdell
Aliases: Lansdale, John
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Judith Hamilton
Spouse (married 09/04/1695)
Political Offices Held
Parliament
MP for Liskeard 1722-27.
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Sources: PROB 11/697/99 C 11/1762/49. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/lansdell-john-1739: 'Lansdell, who bought the manor of Chamberhouse, in Crookham, Berks. in 1716 and the manor of Halsted [sic] in Kent from Edward Ashe before 1726, served under the elder Craggs at the Ordnance office. Returned for Liskeard by Craggs’s son-in-law, Edward Eliot, in 1722, he did not stand again. In 1738 he sold Halsted to Lord Vere Beauclerk for £22,989. He died 4 July 1739, leaving two-thirds of his fortune to his eldest son, John, and the remaining third to his second son, Chrysostom.' The entry carries no detail about Lansdell's family background. A John Lansdale warehouseman was bankrupt in 1714 London Gazette 5279 20/11/1714 p. 2; his will was proved 13/03/1727. The will of a separate John Lansdale was proved 1764 making his cousin in Rotherhithe his heir. Neither will has evidence of a connection with the slave-voyage owner.
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76697 - Diligence (1726 - 1727)
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Death
Date: 04/06/1739
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Halstead, Kent
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Courts: PCC
Will of John Lansdell of Halstead Kent made 02/03/1726. He instructed his trustees (Henry Neale and Edward Short) to sell his estates at Halstead and Chamberhouse in Cookham, Berks., and pay the proceeds 2/3rd to his son John and 1/3rd to his son Chrysostom, who he made his executors.
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