P_10433_3208 – James Mangles
James Mangles (1762-1838), London merchant and ship chandler and MP, co-owner alongside his brother John 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.). He and his brother John inherited the business of their father Robert Mangles in 1788. Their 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. James Mangles left £25,000 in personalty in 1837 after substantial in vivo gifts and settlements on his children, and his family in his generation embedded themselves among the English elites.
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First name: James
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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
Political Affiliation: Other
Relations
Ann Hughes
Spouse (married 22/07/1791)
Political Offices Held
Parliament
MP for Guildford 1831-37
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 https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/mangles-james-1762-1838 PROB 11/1902/45
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Crossings (2)
83337 - Rio Nova (1792 - 1793)
Role: Owner
83336 - Rio Nova (1791 - 1792)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 26/07/1762
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Death
Date: 09/1838
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Burial
Date: 01/10/1838
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Residencies
Occupation: Ships chandler (Craft)
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Military training
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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
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Courts: PCC
Will of James Mangles of Woodbridge near Guildford Surrey made 12/04/1837.
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