P_10433_2169 – Sir Joseph Eyles
London merchant, described as ‘a Turkey merchant’ in the History of Parliament. Sir Joseph Eyles was shown as one of the six co-owners of a voyage by the London Frigate to Cabinda and Charleston in 1738. He was the brother of Sir John Eyles (q.v.) sub-Governor of the South Sea Co. The two men’s father Sir Francis Eyles was one of Zahedieh’s 59 leading colonial traders. According to Sorsby, most of the ships sent to Buenos Aires by the South Sea co. under Sir John Eyles as sub-Governor were owned by his cousin [sic] Joseph Eyles.
Title: Sir
First name: Joseph
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Last name: Eyles
Aliases: Joseph (Sir) Eyles
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Sir Francis Eyles
Father
Sarah Jefferies
Spouse
Daughter of Sir Jeffrey Jefferies
Political Offices Held
Parliament
MP for Devizes 1722-27 and 1734-40 and Southwark 1727-34.
Local
Sheriff, City of London 1724-25; Alderman, City of London 1729-30.
Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
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Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
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Plantation owner: Don't know
Sources: Nuala Zahedieh, Capital and Colonies p. 63. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/eyles-joseph-1690-1740 PROB 11/700/320 V.G. Sorsby, British Trade with South America under the Asiento 1713-1740, Unpublished PhD thesis University of London 1975, p. 184. https://amesfoundation.law.harvard.edu/ColonialAppeals/images/APC/APC3_587_588.pdf
Other Individuals
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Organisations (2)
Bank of England
Role: Director
Crossings (1)
76707 - London Frigate (1737 - 1738)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1690
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Death
Date: 08/02/1740
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Knighthood: 09/12/1724
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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
The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
Role: Master
Start Date: 1724
End Date: 1725
Other business activities
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate): £16,000
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Courts: PCC
Will of Sir Joseph Eyles Knt. of London merchant made 06/01/1734/5. He felt his widow Dame Sarah Eyes one-third of personalty to which she was entitled as the widow of a freeman of the City of London ove ran above the terms of their marriage settlement; he left £8000 each to his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth, and his residuary estate ho his son Joseph. His executors were his widow, his bother Sir John Eyles, and his 'friends' John Lister and Thomas Strode. The will was subject to successive grants of administration, to William Cockell a creditor in 1745, and to Cockell's successors in 1753, and to a London attorney as far as concerned a moiety of an estate in Gloucestershire in 1821.
Legacies
Cultural Accumulation
Type: Cultural
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Sir Joseph Eyles had owned the bust of John Milton placed by William Benson in Westminster Abbey in 1737, https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/john-milton
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