George Welbank

Male 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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I480  Welbank1
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2022 

    Father William Welbank,   b. 28 Aug 1741, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1791, [Will] Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Jemima Jones,   b. Abt 1754, of Stratford le Bow, Middx. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1840 , Ramsgate, Kent, England - Age 86 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Marriage 20 Apr 1776  St. Botolph Without Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • parish record book, 1776 no 178
    Family ID F159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Trotter,   b. 1784   d. 21 Sep 1812, Wilsden-house, Middlesex, England. aged 28 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 24 May 1808  Parish Church, Epsom, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Type: Licence 
    Children 
     1. George Welbank,   b. 9 Sep 1809, St James Place, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1841, Age 32. d. unm and dsp Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
    +2. Mary Elizabeth Welbank,   b. 26 Mar 1812, St James Place, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1885, Horton Manor, Epsom, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

  • Documents
    London. England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1925
    London. England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1925
    Freedom of the City 26 Jan 1768

  • Sources 
    1. [S3054] Vicar-General Marriage Licence Allegations 1694-1850.