P_10433_2292 – Andrew French
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Andrew French (d. 1801), London merchant, insurance broker and underwriter of Copthall Court. ‘A. French’ was shown as the owner of a voyage by the Marquis de Noailles from London to Africa and Cap Francais in 1777 under two English captains. Andrew French was active as an insurance broker and underwriter in London around the same time and was connected with the Nantes trade in partnership or association with Daniel Hobson. French was bankrupt in 1795, after his partnership with Daniel Hobson ceased.
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In March 1796, creditors of Andrew French surviving partner of John Newton deceased in Andrew French & Co. as well as separate creditors of Andrew French who had not yet signed were invited to Copthall Court to sign the trust deed [of the bankruptcy] London Gazette 5 March 1796Issue:13872Page:236. The estate of Andrew French had been conveyed to trustees 11/09/1795 London Gazette 1 August 1818Issue:17384Page:1387
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Supplier to slave trade voyages: Yes
Andrew French and Daniel Hobson, Order of the Lords of the Privy Council, dated October 3rd, 1777, referring to this Board the petition of Messieurs French and Hobson, praying leave to export to Nantes, one thousand guns of an inferior quality, on board the ship Jonge Claas Tempel, for trade on the coast of Africa.
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Sources: Andrew French and Daniel Hobson, Order of the Lords of the Privy Council, dated October 3rd, 1777, referring to this Board the petition of Messieurs French and Hobson, praying leave to export to Nantes, one thousand guns of an inferior quality, on board the ship Jonge Claas Tempel, for trade on the coast of Africa. Will of Daniel Hobson of Somerley was proved in 1805 PROB 11/1422/176. Will of Andrew French of Camberwell merchant proved 16/06/1801 PROB 11/1358/235. For John French Lynch, previously John French, see https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645489 French v Hobson, 1803, Francis Vesey, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery 1789-1817, Volume 9 (Boston 1844) pp. 106-108.
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77101 - Marquis de Noailles (1777 - 1778)
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Date: 09/03/1801
Location: Mitcham (Surrey)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Town/City: Camberwell (Surrey)
Courts: PCC
Will of Andrew French formerly of the City of London merchant but now residing at Camberwell made 01/03/1801 proved 16/06/1801. Property in Dublin and elsewhere in Ireland had been assigned to a trustee nominated by him and John Newton to secure debts due to him, and in order that his and Newton's creditors might avail themselves of the money owed to him he left the property in trust, his trustees being his son and executor Martin Lynch and Townley Ward of Covent Garden.
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