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 1777 - 1821 (44 years)
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| Name |
George Welbank |
| Birth |
6 Jan 1777 |
| Christening |
29 Jan 1777 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Note |
15 Jan 1799 |
London  |
| Freedom of City of London |
| Occupation |
1800 |
| ship's broker or "Russian" broker and warehouse manager for the East India Company. Initially in company with George Brown the Younger of Stockton, his cousin (1800 Brown, Welbank and Petit) |
| Note |
1801 |
| Offer of Welbank Sharpe and Browne, TI/671. In 1801 there sailed to NSW Welbank Sharpe and Browne's convict transports Canada, Minorca and Nile. Bateson, The Convict Ships, pp. 13-14. Brown, Welbank and Petyt also had contracts for the convict transports Coromandel and Perseus in 1801. |
| Note |
1802 |
Charter of the Coromandel and Perseus, 19 Jan 1802. Welbank Brown & Petyt will be paid £10 per convict taken aboard and a further £5 for every convict delivered alive; half the rate for children. Lots of other detail.
Historical Records of Australia
Series 1 Governors Despatches to and from England
Volume 3 1801-2
Published by The Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1915 |
| Note |
31 May 1805 |
London Gazette |
| George Brown, George Welbank and John Petyt, of Sun Court, Russia Ship Brokers, partnership dissolved |
| Note |
1808 |
A Mr Welbank esq of London and Ravensworth Cowton, Yorks, is a Grantee of Arms in 1808.
Erminois on a Chevron Azure between three Bucks trippant Sable in the mouth of each a Sprig of Hazel proper an Anchor erect between two Bees volant Or
Crest: On a Wreath Or and Azure A Buck Erminois attired Or in the mouth a Sprig of Hazel proper the dexter forefoot resting on an Anchor Sable
Vol XXIV fol 396 Personal Grants of Arms on record at the College of Arms. Grant books at the Herald's College, printed books and MSS in the British Museum, by John Foster, Grantees of Arms vol 2. |
| Residence |
1809 |
6 Scotland Yard, Whitehall |
| From the birth announcement of his son George. Perhaps he had offices in St James Place and lived here? An advert the same year says he lives at Little Scotland Yard, adjoining a mansion called Fife House. |
| Residence |
1812 |
Wilsden-house, Middlesex, England |
The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 112, P402
Sep 22nd 1812: At Wilsden-house, Middlesex, the wife of G. Welbank Esq of St James's-place and eldest daughter of James Trotter of Horton Place, Surrey. |
| Note |
31 May 1815 |
Case Rex v Welbank and others, King's Bench
George Brown the Younger had died in 1811 and established a trust under his Will, to carry out charitable works in Arkengarthdale. George Welbank was one of the trustees until his death, so would have been the Welbank named in the case. The case concerns the rates payable on land which had been leased for mining, and was quite influential. |
| Note |
1820 |
IN 1820 he was involved in buying a mortgage through Messrs Hanby Holmes, solicitors of Durham:
Ref No. D/HH 3/1/21/26
1820
(1) Robert Johnson of Ploughlands, Crosby Garratt, Westmorland
(2) Ann Hutchinson of Barningham, Yorks., widow
(3) George Welbank of St. James' Place, Middlesex, Esquire; William Sampson of Copthall Court, Throgmorton Street, London, Esquire; Robert Clarke of Stockton, gentleman
Draft assignment by (2) to (3) of two messuages and lands (Kidley Close etc.) as specified in Arkengarthdale, Yorks., for the remainder of two terms of 2,000 years. Recites previous deeds
Consideration: £500 (to (2) in part redemption of mortgage money due from (1) to (2))
[George Brown the Younger, his business associate and cousin, had died a wealthy man and established a charitable trust that owned land in Arkengarthdale and was managed by several of his relatives. William Sampson was his sister Harriet's husband. Captain Robert Welbank and Richard Bethell, his sister Mary's husband, were also involved.] |
| Occupation |
Broker of St James Place, London SW |
| Death |
9 Mar 1821 |
| Burial |
14 May 1821 |
St John the Evangelist, Coulsdon, Surrey, England |
| Person ID |
I480 |
Welbank1 |
| Last Modified |
3 Jun 2022 |
| Father |
William Welbank, b. 28 Aug 1741, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England d. 24 Oct 1791, [Will] (Age 50 years) |
| Mother |
Jemima Jones, b. Abt 1754, of Stratford le Bow, Middx. d. 17 Aug 1840 , Ramsgate, Kent, England - Age 86 (Age ~ 86 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Apr 1776 |
St. Botolph Without Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex, England |
- parish record book, 1776 no 178
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| Family ID |
F159 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Anne Trotter, b. 1784 d. 21 Sep 1812, Wilsden-house, Middlesex, England. aged 28 (Age 28 years) |
| Marriage |
24 May 1808 |
Parish Church, Epsom, Surrey, England [1] |
| Type: Licence |
| Children |
| | 1. George Welbank, b. 9 Sep 1809, St James Place, London, England d. 1841, Age 32. d. unm and dsp (Age 31 years) |
| + | 2. Mary Elizabeth Welbank, b. 26 Mar 1812, St James Place, London, England d. 15 Feb 1885, Horton Manor, Epsom, Surrey, England (Age 72 years) |
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| Family ID |
F161 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2012 |
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| Sources |
- [S3054] Vicar-General Marriage Licence Allegations 1694-1850.
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