P_10433_2868 – George Geddes
George Geddes (fl. 1799-1809), London merchant and slave-trader shown as sole owner of five slaving voyages from London and co-owner of two more, to a variety of African ports and destinations in the Caribbean between 1799 and 1807, and probably co-owner (alongside Alexander Geddes and others) of two further voyages from Liverpool in the Urania between 1800 and 1802. His London mercantile partnership trading with Alexander Geddes and Thomas Milliken (q.v.) as George Geddes & Co. failed in 1809.
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First name: George
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Last name: Geddes
Aliases: Geddes
Primary cohort: London
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Bankruptcies
Commission of Bankruptcy for George Geddes, Alexander Geddes and Thomas Milleken late of Finsbury Place now of Fenchurch Buildings B 3/1867.
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Sources: Bankrupt 1809 London Gazette G 24 June 1809Issue:16269Page:951; London Gazette 5 August 1809Issue:16283Page:1244; TNA B 3/1867 In the matter of George Geddes, Alexander Geddes and Thomas Milliken late of Finsbury Place, Middlesex, now of Fenchurch Buildings, London, merchants (dealers and chapmen), bankrupts. Date of commission of bankruptcy: 1809 November 7. https://vlex.co.uk/vid/havelock-against-geddes-807496473
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Crossings (7)
80726 - Caledonia (1807 - 1808)
Role: Owner
80725 - Caledonia (1805 - 1806)
Role: Owner
83529 - Satyr (1806 - 1806)
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83199 - Prince of Orange (1806 - 1806)
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82474 - Marquis of Huntley (1807 - 1808)
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82473 - Marquis of Huntley (1804 - 1805)
Role: Owner
82312 - Lively (1799 - 1799)
Role: Owner
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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