P_10433_2770 – Thomas Hughan
Born: 1760
Died: 29/10/1811
Major London slave-trader and MP (1760-1811), owner or co-owner of 17 slaving voyages from London and four from Liverpool, all between 1799 and 1807 and many alongside Robert Taylor (q.v.). Hughan had been resident in Kingston Jamaica for ten years in the 1790s. MP for East Retford 1806-1807 and Dundalk 1808-1811. His posthumous son Thomas Hughan of Airds married a daughter of the Duke of St Albans and left £40,000 in 1879.
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First name: Thomas
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Last name: Hughan
Aliases: Hughan
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Jean Milligan
Spouse (married 01/02/1810)
Jean Milligan was the daughter of the West India merchant Robert Milligan
Political Offices Held
Parliament
MP for East Retford 1806-1807 and Dundalk 1808-1811.
Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant: Yes
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: No
Sources: PROB 11/1529/259 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652051 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/hughan-thomas-1760-1811; National Probate Calendar 1879. There is genealogical material on Thomas Hughan and his family at http://hughankirkcudbright.blogspot.co.uk [accessed 08/05/2017]. PROB 11/1529/259.
Other Individuals
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Organisations (1)
West India Dock co.
Role: Director
Crossings (17)
83866 - Trusty (1806 - 1807)
Role: Owner
83865 - Trusty (1804 - 1805)
Role: Owner
83864 - Trusty (1802 - 1803)
Role: Owner
83863 - Trusty (1801 - 1802)
Role: Owner
81021 - Diana (1807 - 1807)
Role: Owner
81020 - Diana (1806 - 1806)
Role: Owner
81018 - Diana (1804 - 1804)
Role: Owner
81017 - Diana (1802 - 1803)
Role: Owner
80985 - Devon (1805 - 1805)
Role: Owner
80812 - Charlotte (1801 - 1802)
Role: Owner
80811 - Charlotte (1800 - 1801)
Role: Owner
80391 - Aurora (1803 - 1804)
Role: Owner
80390 - Aurora (1802 - 1802)
Role: Owner
80064 - Adventure (1801 - 1802)
Role: Owner
83214 - Princess Amelia (1803 - 1803)
Role: Owner
83075 - Phaeton (1799 - 1799)
Role: Owner
82246 - Leander (1800 - 1800)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1760
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Death
Date: 29/10/1811
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Burial
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Residencies
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Schools
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Universities
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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
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Other business activities
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
Value of Total Personalty: /
Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate): £11,000
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Town/City: City of London (Middlesex)
Courts: PCC
Will of Thomas Hughan of City of London [and of North End Hampstead] proved 20/01/1812. In the will he mandated that his wife's annuity be secured first from his funds. He then left £3000 for a natural daughter Jane Hughan and £2000 for a natural daughter Margaret Hughan, £5000 to his sister and £1000 to John Murray, son of David Murray of Hornby House, with the remainder of his estate passing 'as the law directs.' Although he had made a will in Jamaica, there is no evidence of property in people in his English will.
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