William King (c.1785 - 26 April 1861) was a West Indies merchant and slave owner with interests in estates in British Guiana, Trinidad, and Dominica. He was the son of the slave-trader Thomas King of Camden, Calvert & King.
William King was born around 1785 in Middlesex[1] to the slave-trader Thomas King of Camden, Calvert & King and his wife Sarah.[2] His wife was Elizabeth A. King, born around 1825.[3]
Career
King was a partner in Thomas & William King, merchants of London. He was awarded compensation for the loss of slaves on the Friendship, Sarah, Good Success and Good Interest estates in British Guiana and the Union estate in Trinidad. He also received compensation as a bond creditor in respect of the Geneva estate in Dominica.[3]
He owned the Friendship estate in Demerara, British Guiana, that included over 300 slaves in the early nineteenth century,[4] and the Sarah estate in Demerara with over 170.[5]
King died on 26 April 1861. His address at the time of his death was 16 Sussex Square, London, and he was buried at All Souls, Kensal Green, on 3 May 1861. He left an estate that did not exceed £140,000. His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1868 at 134 Westbourne Terrace, London, but left only £10,000.[3]
References
^William King England and Wales Census, 1851. Family Search. Retrieved 18 August 2018. (subscription required)
^Thomas King of Stamford Hill. Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
^ abcWilliam King. Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
^Friendship. Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^Sarah. Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^Cozens, Kenneth James. (2005) Politics, Patronage and Profit: A Case Study of Three 18th Century London Merchants. Greenwich: Greenwich Maritime Institute. p. 25.
August 17, 2023
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