Nathaniel Bogle French senior

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1816

Biography

London merchant, son and former partner of James Bogle French (q.v.) and father of Nathaniel Bogle French junior (q.v.). Nathaniel Bogle French senior (1758-1816 - some sources give 1817) married Elizabeth nee Skottowe (1761-1803). The family firm (from which Nathaniel Bogle French jun. had retired in 1811) failed in 1815.

On Tuesday morning, at Brighton, after a long and painful illness, sincerely regretted, Nathaniel Bogle French, Esq. aged 58.

Sources

Henry Maddock, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of the Vice-Chancellor of England Vol. III (Philadelphia, 1829) pp. 205-208; London Gazette 16448 29/01/1811, p. 188.

London Morning Post 12/12/1816 p. 4.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Married but no further details

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1792 [SY] - → Trustee

Palmiste Estate [ Grenada | St John ]

Under the will of his father James Bogle French, Nathaniel Bogle French [senior] as trustee was instructed to sell his father's property including enslaved people on Grenada to fund monetary legacies: Nathaniel Bogle French [senior] was also residuary heir.