P_10433_3207 – John Mangles
John Mangles (1759-1837), London merchant and ship chandler, co-owner alongside his brother James Mangles (q.v.) and a group of Jamaican merchants and slave-owners of two slaving voyage from London by the Rio Nova to Popo and Jamaica in 1791 and 1792 under Robert Moulton (q.v.). John Mangles left £100,000 in personalty in 1837, and his family in his generation embedded themselves among the English elites. The partnership of John, James and Robert Mangles of Wapping as ship-chandlers was dissolved 01/05/1815, and continued under the firm of James and Robert Mangles and Co.
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First name: John
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Last name: Mangles
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
Religion: Church of England
Social background: Trade
Primary outcome: Gentry
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Relations
Robert Mangles
Father
Harriet Camden
Spouse (married 1781)
Marriage at St James Westminster
Political Offices Held
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Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant: No
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: Yes
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: No
Sources: London Gazette 17008 2 May 1815 p. 827 PROB 11/1876/446 W. D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? Vol 2 1825-39 (2018) 1837/12 Mangles, John
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Crossings (2)
83337 - Rio Nova (1792 - 1793)
Role: Owner
83336 - Rio Nova (1791 - 1792)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1759
Location: London (Middlesex)
Death
Date: 21/02/1837
Location: Bath (Somerset)
Burial
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Christening: 27/09/1778
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Residencies
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Occupation: Ships chandler (Craft)
Schools
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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: £100,000
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Courts: PCC
Will of John Mangles of Hurley in the county of Bucks [but late of the City of Bath] made 09/02/1825.
Legacies
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