P_10433_3127 – Charles Herries
D.O.B: 1745
D.O.D: 1819
Charles Herries, London merchant and banker (c. 1745-1819), co-owner with his partners James Drummond (q.v.) and Joseph Nailer (q.v., given as ‘James Naylor’) of a slaving voyage by the ship London from London to the Gold Coast and St Vincent in 1792. Herries and Nailer were bankrupt in 1798. Charles Herries was the father of the MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer John Charles Herries (1778-1855), whose History of Parliament entry says of Charles Herries’ bankruptcy: ‘The disaster robbed John Charles, who was educated mostly in France and Germany, of a potentially handsome inheritance; but on the death in 1819 of his father, ‘my dearest friend and companion’, who was buried in Westminster Abbey and left personal estate sworn under £6,000, he wrote that it had “operated to increase … [his] happiness … by terminating at the age of 54 all the painful cares and solicitudes of a mercantile career, which though externally splendid, had in reality been attended with more of disappointment than success”.’
Title:
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First name:
Charles
Middle name:
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Last name:
Herries
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Primary cohort:
London
Sex:
Male
Religion:
Church of England
Social background:
Gentry
Primary outcome:
Professional
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Relations
Mary Johnstone
Spouse (married 12/1787)
Banns read at St Marylebone Nov.-Dec. 1787. The HoP entry for his son gives his mother's name as Mary Ann Johnson.
Political Offices Held
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Bankruptcies
2
London Gazette 21 July 1798 15043 p. 695
Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant:
Yes
Born in Scotland
Foreign born:
No
Supplier to slave trade voyages:
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Creditor to slave trade voyages:
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Philanthropy:
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Plantation owner:
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Sources:
Charles Herries and his partner Joseph Nailer were bankrupt London Gazette 21 July 1798 15043 p. 695. James Drummond had reportedly been a partner in Charles Herries & Co. since 1784 until 1793, before joining Boyd, Benfield & Co., D. G. Turner, English Banking in the Eighteenth Century: Bankers, merchants and the creation of the English Financial System, Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Durham ( (2015) p. 63.
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/herries-john-1778-1855
Other Individuals
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Organisations
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Crossings (1)
Birth
Date:
1745
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Death
Date:
1819
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Burial
Date:
17/04/1819
Location:
London (Middlesex)
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Christening:
29/03/1745
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Residencies
4 Jefferies Square
City of London (Middlesex)
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Occupation:
Banker or Financier (Finance)
Universities
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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:
£6,000
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Legacies
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