3. MP India cotton trader Fairlie William-5609 (John , Progenitor 2012 ) was born in Ayrshire,Scotland,,Calcutta. He was christened in 1780 in active. He died in 1825.
Also of The Crescent, Portlance. thepeerage,com. Contractor with the Bengal army. Or, Fairlie Clark and Innes. Is there any link here to Bonham-Carter as seen in Hazel King on Expat Macarthurs qv?Is there anything in WE Cheong here? this house inherited the business of Charles Magniac and Co about 1825. Firm is William Fairlie and Henry Bonham qv of Broad Street. Links and David Scott network. gapskey.who were William Fairlie, David Scott, Henry Bonham, George Hartwell, John Innes of London. CF BR Tomlinson, article From Campsie etc.
1825: India cotton trader Wiillam Fairlie (d.1825). gapskey Contractor assisting Wellesley militarily in India. Code-India. Code-red. Some info from potted history by art dealers Philip Mould Ltd., 29 Dover Street, London. he traded opium to China, and his ship Fairlie (built on Hoogli in 1811-1812) took many passengers to Australia. His larger ship William Fairlie worked London-Canton 1821-1832. He helped finance Danish ships in region, and had a trading network re Canton, Batavia, Manila, Penang and NSW. Was partner with David Scott Snr. Dealt with Beale brothers qv. He built the ship Fairlie on Hooghly River in 1811-1812, which later carried many migrants to Australia. Also had ship William Fairlie re run London-Canton 1821-1832. He dealt in rice, indigo and cotton plus opium to China. He helped fund Wellesley's wars in India against the Marathas and Tipu Sultan of Mysore with elephants, bullocks, camels and victuals. His first premises are recorded in 1794. His noted portrait by artist Robert Home in Feb 1802 for 3000 rupees. He is partner with fellow Ayreshirman John Fergusson qv and is assoc with David Scott Snr. On a staff member see re Andrew Hunter born 1776 qv who m Helen Campbell qv. Per Iseke and p. 184 of book on Bombay country ships, this man annoys David Scott in London at time 1799-1800 of failure of James Tate qv in Bombay. Note there is William Fairlie in Burke's P&B for Fergusson of Kilkerran, with dr Margaret who m to John Stuart Hay-Newton then to Major Rbt Fergusson. See Burke's P&B for Bruce of Stenhouse. Where does name Fairlie-Cuninghame come from in Mowle's Genealogy, p. 297? Is he (if so, has a son2 John and is in Burke's Peerage as own line) the man named in Burke's P&B for Home- Purves- Hume-Campbell? One house linked here was Fairlie, Reid and Co of Calcutta which grew from John Reid of Reid and Gildart by the 1780s, and later there were Andrew and David Reid, linked to John Reid, so the elder Reid, [presumably John the senior], went with Fairlies and Fergussons to produce Fairlie, Reid and Co. See W. E. Cheong on Jardine/M, p. 10. W. E. Cheong in China Houses, 1825, p. 58 says Charles Magniac and Co. inherited Fairlie and Bonham in London as its London agent. See Parker's essay, pp. 199ff in R. A. Cage's book. This William Fairlie left home in the early 1780s to set up as a free merchant in Bengal with his fellow Ayrshireman, John Fergusson of Donhold, died 1790, qv. Fairlie accepted cash from EICo employees, Hhe handled work for other firms on a commission basis, later in the UK traded on his own account, invested in inland projects. His firm had a monopoly on contracts to supply EICo's Bengal army with elephants, bullocks and victuals. He was one of the two largest shipowners in Calcutta and had about 25,000 tons by 1810-1813. He helped set up Calcutta Life Insurance Co. William Fairlie went back to London in 1790 to be thought of by Dundas as "the greatest European merchant, I suppose, ever came from India...". VIP see notes on William Walker (1787-1854) qv. S. B. Singh, p. 159, in 1811, Fairlie and Co. wanted brig Eagle to go to PJ to pick up fur skins belonging to them there for the London market. Singh, p. 96 re Fairlie and Reid in Bengal let ships to carry goods to England, in Warren Hastings and Caledonia. Singh, p. 44, in 1791 Fairlie expected two ships at Bombay would bring him $60,000 on his own account from China, ie, more export of specie from China which began about 1790. Singh, p. 23, agent for Calcutta Insurance co. S. B. Singh, Fairlie Fergusson and Co. linked with David Scott and Co. of London, which later became Fairlie, Bonham and Co, when Wm Fairlie went to London in London, which later became Fairlie, Bonham and Co, when Wm Fairlie went to London in 1812. Mr David Scott at one time chairman of Court of Directors. William Fairlie a partner in David Scott and Co of London, while from the 1780s Fairlie and Fergusson and Co became Fergusson Fairlie and Co, Fairlie Reid and Co, Fairlie Gilmore and Co., Fairlie Fergusson and Co., Fergusson Clark and Co. See S. B. Singh, European Agency Houses in Bengal, 1783-1833, Calcutta. Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay. 1966., p. 9. See Steven in Abbott and Nairn, pp. 124ff. Need to make a separate file for India traders, Fairlie, Gilmore and Co., Traders, p. 87. Hainsworth, Traders, pp. 64ff. Email of 6 Feb 2007 from descendant Richard Fergusson of a partner of Fairlie. Cf, BR Tomlinson (School Oriental and African Studies, Univ London, research prof of Economic History), The Empire of Enterprise: Scottish business networks in Asian Trade, 1765-1832. Which discusss one network for David Scott and William Fairlie as network c 1800. Being New York (Gouvernour and Kemble), Copenhagen (Duntzfelt and Co), London (David Scott Jnr and Co, David Scott and separate firm William Lennie), Bombay, Alexander Adamson and Namchund Amichund), Calcutta (Fairlie Gilmore and Co and also William Fairlie), Penang (Robert Scott), Malacca, Batavia, Manila (Locatelle and Camper), Canton (Reid, Beale and Co., John Reid, Alexander Shank, Januario A. de Almeida, Vicente R. de Barron).
See B. R. Tomlinson, 'From Campsie to Kedgeree: Scottish Enterprise, Asian Trade and the Company Raj', Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 36, No. 4, October 2002, pp. 769-791 from jstor at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3876474 - Herep. 785 Tomlinson reportsthat Wm Fairlie became partner with John Fergusson in early 1780s, and Fergusson in 1780 had sent the first opium shipment from Calcutta to Canton via Macao in 1780. Re e-mail of 16-6-2010 from Nick Hide.
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William married Ogilvy Margaret-6161 daughter of Of Murtle, Calcutta Ogilvy John-325599 and ONotknown Miss-325600 in 1796. Margaret died in 1845.
On death of husband she bought estate of Coodham in Sth Ayreshire.
William and Margaret had the following children:
4 M i Fairlie William-325596. 5 M ii Fairlie John-325597. + 6 F iii Cousin of husband Fairlie Agnes Maria-325598. + 7 M iv Of Coodham Fairlie James Ogilvy-325603. 8 F v Fairlie Margaret Elizabeth-325604.
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