Thomas Leyland Company.

Hide Profile

Thomas Leyland (1752-1827), born in Knowsley, England, was a prominent Liverpool merchant and banker. After winning a sizable lottery prize, he built a large Liverpool-based mercantile business that shipped goods to England, Europe, Africa, and the West Indies. He was particularly active in the Atlantic slave trade, having interests in at least 69 slaving ventures. Leyland was elected mayor of Liverpool in 1798, 1814, and 1820. In 1802, he started an investment in banking by establishing a partnership with Liverpool bankers Clarke and Roscoe, and, in 1807, he set up a partnership with his nephew Richard Bullin to form a new banking enterprise. At his death in 1827, Leyland was one of the richest men in England.

From the guide to the Thomas Leyland Company account books, Leyland, Thomas, Company account books, 1789-1790, 1792-1793, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)

Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Hannah (Ship) corporateBody
associatedWith Jenny (Schooner) corporateBody
associatedWith Leyland, Thomas, 1752-1827. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Congo River.
Kingston (Jamaica)
Angola.
Dominica.
Kingston (Jamaica)
Old Calabar (Nigeria)
Africa
Barbados.
Boma (Bas-Fleuve, Congo)
Barbados
New Calabar River (Nigeria)
Old Calabar (Nigeria)
Liverpool (England)
Liverpool (England)
Boma (Bas-Fleuve, Congo)
Subject
Calabar (Nigeria)
Hannah (Ship)
Jenny (Ship)
Slave ships
Slave trade
Slave trade
Slave trade
Slave trade
Slave trade
Sugar trade
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1789

Active 1793

Related Descriptions
Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6742bh0

Ark ID: w6742bh0

SNAC ID: 66022070