P_10433_2865 – Samuel Farmer
Born: 1748
Died: 14/05/1839
Owner of three slaving voyages from London between 1792 and 1794, and possibly co-owner of an earlier voyage from Liverpool in 1788. The History of Parliament entry for Samuel Farmer MP for Huntingdon 1809-1818 is consistent with the slave trade investor but not definitive in identifying the MP as the slave-trader of the same name. However, Penelope Farmer makes the linkage explicit in her work on William Gamul Farmer, the East India Co. official and brother of the MP.
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First name: Samuel
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Last name: Farmer
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Social background: Trade
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Political Offices Held
Parliament
MP for Huntingdon 1809-1818, having first inserted his son William Meeke Farmer for 1807-1809.
Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant: Don't know
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Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: Don't know
Sources: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/farmer-samuel-1748-1839 See Penelope Farmer, 'The career of William Gamul Farmer (1746-1797) in India, 1763-1795', The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 – UCL History https://cpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.ucl.ac.uk/dist/1/251/files/2014/04/William-Gamul-Farmer-PDF-final-19.08.14.pdf, which explicitly links Samuel Farmer the MP and dyer to involvement in the slave-trade, although the references are not clear and relate to c. 1790. PROB 11/1912/56. W.D. Rubinstein, Who were the Rich? Vol. II 1825-1839, p. 333. https://www.friendsofnonsuch.co.uk/nonsuch-mansion/
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Crossings (3)
83789 - Thomas (1792 - 1793)
Role: Owner
80724 - Cadiz Dispatch (1792 - 1794)
Role: Owner
81403 - Fanny (1791 - 1792)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1748
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Death
Date: 14/05/1839
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Burial
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Residencies
Nonsuch Park, Surrey
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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): £120,000
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Courts: PCC
The lengthy trust will of Samuel Farmer made 11/07/1834 was superseded by the death of his son and principal heir William Meeke Farmer. In a codicil of 08/07/1837 that made his grandson William Francis Gamul Farmer his main heir with 8 residuary heirs.
Legacies
Physical Imprints
Building Category: Rural
Type: Built
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Year: 1802-1806
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Nonsuch Mansion, in Nonsuch Park, Surrey, built 1802-1806 for Samuel Farmer in Tudor Gothic style by Jeffery Wyatt (later Wyattville).
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