Purchase Edward Harrison (1674-1732) inherited Balls Park in Hertfordshire after the death of his father Richard Harrison in 1726.[1] Prior to establishing himself at the…
Jonathan Scarth the Younger (1704-1745) Jonathan Scarth the younger was born at his parents’ house in George Yard on Tower Hill on 31 May…
Jonathan Scarth the Elder (1668–1743) Jonathan Scarth was born into a Whitby, Yorkshire, family of Quaker merchants and mariners. He married Ann Warren (1670–1746)…
An Intangible Legacy: The Scarth Family of London and Ilford By Doreen Skala Please note that this case study was first published on blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah…
Written by project associate Angela Nutting, this case study explores how generations of the Bond family became connected to global trade and the East India…
Visiting England 1849 It was perhaps the Governor’s delighted response to Ardaseer’s domestic invention, as much as his achievements in steam machinery that gave Ardaseer…
An Indian shipbuilding dynasty This family story begins with Lowjee Nusserwanjee (c.1700-1774) the great (x2) grandfather of Ardaseer Cursetjee. He was born at Siganpur near…
The Child family’s interest in East India Company sea trade was carried forward through their investment in shipping. Company ships were instrumental in the network…
The most significant, and in many respects disastrous, event in Shugborough’s nineteenth-century history was the great sale of 1842, held to repay the considerable debts…
As he had no legitimate children of his own, the inheritance of his estates, including Warfield was entirely at Walsh’s behest. Although it had earlier…
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