Vere & Ward

Firm Details

People & Investments (2)

Partner

Name partner

John Robert Ward

Firm Evolutions (2)

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Vere Sapte Banbury and Muspratt 77 Lombard Street []

Notes

John Vere banker of Lombard Street counterclaimed on the Retreat estate in British Guiana as surviving partner of Vere & Ward mortgagees
The firm, founded in 1788, evolved into Sapte Muspratt, and subsequently merged with Fullers & Co. in 1859 to form Fuller, Banbury, Nix and Matheson, a predecessor of RBS.

Sources

T71/887 British Guiana no. 2349
http//heritagerchives.rbs.com/companies/list/sapte-muspratt-banbury-nix-and-co.html accessed 04/06/2013.

Further Information

People of Interest

Rev. William Marshall Harte

25^th Nov 1776 - 1851

Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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