William Pulsford

William Pulsford (1772–1833), the elder, was a London merchant and a plantation owner in Jamaica. He became a landowner in several English counties.[1]

Career

He was in business with his father, Robert Pulsford the elder (died 1835). In the 1790s they became partners with Thomas Latham (1744–1818).[2][3] The Pulsford family firm, trading as R. & W. Pulsford, were wine merchants, of Great St Helens, London.[4] As Latham & Pulsford, they became slave-owning West India merchants.[5] They connected to American dealings with Caribbean plantations through David Lenox (1753–1828) of Philadelphia.[6]

Later life

In 1821, Pulsford bought the manor of Linslade in Buckinghamshire.[7] He died 17 December 1833, leaving £250,000.[8]

Family

Pulsford married in 1805 Martha Hobson, daughter of William Hobson of Tottenham. Their children included:[1][9]

Anne (1807–1889), married in 1832 Sir William Hayter, 1st Baronet, and was mother of Arthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham.[10][11][12]
Frances, married Alfred Latham[3]
Elizabeth
William (1813–1879), joint owner of the Aleppo estate in Jamaica.[8] He bought the manor of Greatworth, Northamptonshire, from William Montague Higginson,[13] holding also Linslade.[14]
Robert (1814–1888), Member of Parliament for Hereford[15][16]

Notes

"Summary of Individual, William Pulsford the elder, 1772–1833, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 11 March 2018.
"Summary of Individual Robert Pulsford the elder ????–1835, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 11 March 2018.
"Summary of Individual Alfred Latham 1801 – 1st Jul 1885, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 11 March 2018.
"Details of Firm, R & W Pulsford, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 11 March 2018.
Hall, Catherine; Draper, Nicholas; McClelland, Keith; Katie Donington; Rachel Lang (28 August 2014). Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Cambridge University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9781107040052. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
"Major David Lenox papers, 1782–1832". Retrieved 11 March 2018.
Lipscomb, George (1847). The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham. J. & W. Robins. pp. 403–5. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
"Summary of Individual William Pulsford the younger 1813 – 1st Sep 1879, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 11 March 2018.
The Monthly Magazine: or, British Register. 1805. p. 473.
Howard, Joseph Jackson (1917). Frederick Arthur Crisp (ed.). "Visitation of England and Wales". Internet Archive. London. p. 22. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
Burke, Bernard (1865). Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Harrison and sons. p. 561. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Hayter, William Goodenough" . Dictionary of National Biography. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
co, Whellan Francis and (1874). History, topography, and directory of Northamptonshire, by Francis Whellan and co. p. 456. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
co, Dutton, Allen and (1863). Dutton, Allen, & co.'s directory & gazetteer of the counties of Oxon, Berks & Bucks. p. 522. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
"Pulsford, Robert (PLST834R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. 1847. p. 233.

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[LBS-1] "Summary of Individual, William Pulsford the elder, 1772–1833, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[2] "Summary of Individual Robert Pulsford the elder ????–1835, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[AL-3] "Summary of Individual Alfred Latham 1801 – 1st Jul 1885, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[4] "Details of Firm, R & W Pulsford, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[5] Hall, Catherine; Draper, Nicholas; McClelland, Keith; Katie Donington; Rachel Lang (28 August 2014). Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Cambridge University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9781107040052. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[6] "Major David Lenox papers, 1782–1832". Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[7] Lipscomb, George (1847). The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham. J. & W. Robins. pp. 403–5. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[WY-8] "Summary of Individual William Pulsford the younger 1813 – 1st Sep 1879, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[9] The Monthly Magazine: or, British Register. 1805. p. 473.

[10] Howard, Joseph Jackson (1917). Frederick Arthur Crisp (ed.). "Visitation of England and Wales". Internet Archive. London. p. 22. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[11] Burke, Bernard (1865). Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Harrison and sons. p. 561. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[12] Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Hayter, William Goodenough" . Dictionary of National Biography. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[13] , Whellan Francis and (1874). History, topography, and directory of Northamptonshire, by Francis Whellan and co. p. 456. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[14] , Dutton, Allen and (1863). Dutton, Allen, & co.'s directory & gazetteer of the counties of Oxon, Berks & Bucks. p. 522. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[15] "Pulsford, Robert (PLST834R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[16] Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. 1847. p. 233.