P_10433_2987 – Fermin De Tastet
London Iberian merchant (c. 1748-1832), whose business had global scope. Fermen [sic] de Tastet was shown as the owner of three voyages from London in 1788, all destined for Montevideo.
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First name: Fermin
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Last name: De Tastet
Aliases: De Tastet, Fermen, De Tastet, Firmin
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Foreign born: Yes
Born in Spain
Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
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Sources: PROB 11/1796/435 Ken Cozens, https://www.academia.edu/37667143/Research_Notes_Spanish_merchant_Firmin_de_Tastet_China_Trade_Canton_Macao_and_Manila. Birmingham Archives, Matthew Boulton & Family Papers, e.g. MS 3782/12/37/126 12/07/1792. Inikori, Africans and the Industrial Revolution, p. 115: 'In the Corporation[ of Lloyd]’s Library in London is displayed a policy dated September 3, 1794, issued to Fermin de Tastet & Co., on the ship Guipuzcoa, P. La Croix Du Fresne, Master, from Liverpool to the Coast of Africa, during her stay and trade there, and at and from thence to the island of Cuba, £10,000 at 20 guineas percent and policy £1: 4/-, being £2101: 4/-. This is identifiable as voyage no 81686 in TASTDB, where no port of origin is given and the owner is shown as Sebastian de Lasa. TNA HCA 42/485/964
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Crossings (3)
81427 - Favourite (1788 - 1789)
Role: Owner
81203 - Elizabeth (1788 - 1788)
Role: Owner
81202 - Elizabeth (1788 - 1788)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1748
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Death
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Burial
Date: 07/03/1832
Location: City of London (Middlesex)
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Occupation: Merchant - Iberia (Merchant)
London Iberian merchant with a global business in the Spanish Empire
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Town/City: City of London (Middlesex)
Courts: PCC
The will of Fermin de Tastet late of Aldermans Walk takes the form of a brief note dated 19/10/1831 in which he said the position of his affairs was such that his son, also Fermin, should have control over everything so he could act undisturbed, and made over everything to him including signatory powers of the elder de Tastet's business partnerships subject to the younger man making up the sum of £10,000 to Fermina Steiger, as he [the testator] had done for his other daughters Antonia and Anna, and to the deposit of £2000, after the son had realised an income of £4000 p.a from the estate, for emergencies for the son and his sister [the intent of this passage is not clear].
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