P_10433_2683 – James Bogle French
London merchant (d. 1792), slave-owner and mortgagee of enslaved people, owner of a slaving voyage from London by the Rebecca to the Gold Coast and Grenada in 1773 (the same ship also made a slaving voyage with the same itinerary and the same captain the previous year, for which no ownership information is known but which can reasonably be inferred also to have been owned or part-owned by James Bogle French). Horatio Smith and James Smith, each in the ODNB as ‘writer and humorist’ were the sons of Robert and Mary Smith and grandsons of James Bogle French.
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First name: James Bogle
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Last name: French
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant: Don't know
Foreign born: Don't know
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 Grenada, owner of Palmiste estate and mortgagee of Madey's [and the enslaved people associated with each]
Sources: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644947 Robertson, F. (2009, May 21). Smith, Horatio [Horace] (1779–1849), writer and humorist. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. Retrieved 26 Aug. 2018, from http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25815; Garnett, R. (2008, May 24). Smith, James (1775–1839), writer and humorist. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. Retrieved 26 Aug. 2018, from http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25821.
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Organisations (1)
Lloyd's of London
Role: Member
Crossings (1)
78141 - Rebecca (1773 - 1774)
Role: Owner
Birth
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Death
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Burial
Date: 13/10/1792
Location: Islington (London)
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Residencies
Occupation: Merchant – West Indies
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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): £12,000
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Town/City: City of London (Middlesex)
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Will of James Bogle French merchant of Swithen's Lane [made 30/08/1790] proved 23/10/1792. Under the will he left his property on Grenada to his son Nathaniel Bogle French and Robert Parkinson merchant of Foster Street 'now employed by me' in trust, with instructions to them to sell the property and use it to support his monetary legacies if French's personal estate in England were not adequate. Those legacies comprised: the interest on £4000 to his daughter Mary Smith wife of Robert Smith for life and then the principal to be divided among her children; similarly £4000 for the benefit of his daughter Elizabeth Jane Morris wife of William Morris and then her children; and again £4000 for the benefit of his daughter Rebecca Smith wife of John Smith. After several other monetary legacies of £100 or so to other family members, he made Nathaniel Bogle French his residuary heir. The will identifies Andrew Bogle as his brother and James Bogle as his nephew. On an illegible date after the death of Nathaniel Bogle French, administration of this will was granted to Augustine Bogle French.
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