|
|
If you value the information
posted here, |
11. Farquhar Charity Graeme-50930 (Walter , Robert , John , James , Progenitor ) died on 9 Nov 1869.
She is dr3. http on Turing per Dan Morgan. Burke's LG for Fitzhugh of Plas Power. Her issue is in Belhaven, Bart, in Burke's. Burke's P&B for Farquhar. See DNB for William Kerr Hamilton (1808-1869), DNB. Stenton, Brit Partls, Vol. 1, p. 176.
Charity married Ven Rev, Archdeacon of Essex Hamilton Anthony-50931 son of DD Hamilton Anthony Archdeacon-14230 and Terrick Anne-116308 on 13 Jul 1807. Anthony was born in 1778. He was christened in 1807. He died in 1851.
He is of Essex. thepeerage.com. http on Turing per Dan Morgan. Hodson lists maybe. Burke's LG for Fitzhugh of Plas Power. Burke's P&B for Farquhar He is archdeacon of Taunton and prebendary of Lichfield. ADB for his son, Edward in NSW. DNB for his son, Wm Richard Hamilton. Stenton, Brit Partls, Vol. 1, p. 176.
Anthony and Charity had the following children:
20 M i Capt RN, NSW pastoralist Hamilton H. G.-44604.
Code-Aust. "vice-regal notes". He is active by about 1839. ux42 netsurf special urgent for more here. Code-red. Is he married and if so to whom? Burke's LG for Fitzhugh of Plas Power. His brother Edward's ADB entry. He in 1839 with a friend, George Clive, and Edward, go to take land at named Collaroy, near Cassilis, buying it from W. S. Davidson, qv.+ 21 M ii Bishop Salisbury Hamilton Walter Kerr H.-46056 was born on 16 Nov 1808. He died on 1 Aug 1869. + 22 M iii MP for Sainsbury, Australian trade Hamilton Edward William Terrick-45995 was born on 26 Nov 1809. He died on 28 Sep 1898. 23 F iv Hamilton Jane-270176 died in 1842.
thepeerage.com.Jane married Rev Sotheby Thomas Hans-270205 son of Sotheby Progenitor-313755 and SNotknown Miss-313756.
He is vicar of Langford Budville, Somerset. thepeerage.com.
12. Financier, Sir Bart2, Under-Sec of State Farquhar Thomas Harvie-48596 (Walter , Robert , John , James , Progenitor ) was born on 27 Jun 1755. He died on 12 Jan 1836.
He is son1. Code-red. H eis Under-Sec of Statefor Home Office. This is re Thomas Harvie Farquhar Bart 2, See also http on Turing. See the name Harvie in Burke's LG for Halliday of Glenthorne. He has in Checkland book, dr Caroline whom PM Gladstone is in love in 1835. He has a partner (who?) in Herries Farquhar with a dr who marries George Clive see Max's thesis, p. 60, note 136. He is brother of Sir Robt Townsend Farquhar one-time gov of Mauritius. (See my idea re James Tate helps set up the US maritime base at Mauritius) Max's thesis, p. 27, this man a partner in Herries Farquhar bank and a cousin of Walter Stevenson Davidson. See also, Scorgie /Hudgson, table, p. 31. GEC after 1901, Bayford, p. 462. Which Bart is he? If Bart2, see >>> GEC, Creations after 1901, p. 462. is he born 1755 or 1775? De Falbe, table. GEC, Peerage, Saint Albans, p. 293; Minto, p. 716. See GEC, Peerage, Antrim, p. 178; Minto, p. 716. Why does he have an active date later than death date? He is with Herries, Farquhar and Co, Butlin, Foundation, p . 472. This is the Farquhar in Herries/Farquar bank. See John Booker's book on Herries. So he is close to W. S. Davidson qv, in a house specialising in accepting Australian bills, etc. GEC, Peerage, Grey, p. 122. Burke's P&B for Farquhar. Stenton, Brit Partls, Vol. 1, p. 168 in AHG Grey. Burke's P&B, for Farquhar, Sir Walter Peter etc.
Thomas married Rockcliffe Sybella Martha-39481 daughter of Rev, of Essex Rockcliffe Martin-110542 and RNotknown Miss-110586 on 11 Jul 1809. Sybella died on 20 Apr 1869.
She is only dr in GEC, Peerage, Saint Albans, p. 293. Antrim, p. 178. GEC after 1901, Bayford, p.
462. Burke's P&B, for Farquhar.
Thomas and Sybella had the following children:
+ 24 F i Farquhar Caroline Eliza-52616. + 25 M ii Farquhar Harvie Morton-45124 was born on 7 Nov 1816. He died on 11 Nov 1887. + 26 M iii Sir Bart3 Farquhar Walter Rockcliffe-51027 was born on 4 Jun 1810. He died on 15 Jul 1900. + 27 F iv Farquhar Maria-37372 died in 1889. + 28 F v Suffragette Farquhar Anne Sybella Martha-2529 died in 1907. + 29 F vi Farquhar Barbarina Sophia-87484 died in 1850.
13. Sir Bart Gov Penang, AACo investor Farquhar Robert Townsend-48745 (Walter , Robert , John , James , Progenitor ) was born on 14 Oct 1776. He died on 16 Mar 1830.
He is Politician, anti-slaver, Dir EICo. Code-red. Notes for AACo investor Sir Rbt Townsend Farquhar, Bart, See also http per Dan Morgan's website on Turing. Burke's LG for Parker formerly Wells of Houghton Lodge. Maxine Darnell's thesis, p. 44, this man as director of Australian Agricultural Co., with his cousin W. S. Davidson a major shareholder. He is also a relative of George Watson (Watson-Taylor), a relative of Sir Walter Farquhar. See Hazel King, Colonial Expatriates, on this man. He has once been in charge of an expedition to attack Amboyna - East Indies, He is noted pp. 103ff in Garran and White on Macarthurs and Merinos, he is an uncle of Walter Stephenson Davidson. See De Falbe, p. 69. He is created Bart in 1821. He is an anti-slaver, a Director of EICo about 1807. See also, Scorgie/Hudgson, table, p. 31. Lecouteur lists of 1825 AACo investors. He was at Penang. Darnell feels it is significant this man is also a Dir of EICo, in 1807 he wrote a pamphlet re anti-slavery on eve of abolition, suggested Chinese labour for Madagascar by 1812 and that Britain abandon BBay and go for Madagascar. De Falbe, table. He was once helped out of a scrape by John Macarthur who was being sent home by Gov. King for duelling in 1801 or later and this earned gratitude of Farquhar's fr the royal physician; De Falbe, p. 68. See Dyster on Fanning and Jones, p. 373, Note 25. See [and it is not a very good paper] Anthony Webster, British Expansion in South-East Asia and the role of Robert Farquar, Lieutenant-Governor of Penang, 1804-1805., The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 1993-1994, this man is no relation to William Farquar, commandant at Malacca about 1803. See Clodd on Light, pp. 140-148. He is an anti-slaver. Burke's P&B for Farquhar. His own DNB entry, p. 1087. From Pauline>> Governor Robert Townsend Farquhar. 1776-1830 2nd son of Walter Farquhar. In 1807 he suggested that Chinese be sent to West Indies as Agricultural labourers. In 1815 he opened an office for the registration of slaves in Port Louis. "Farquhar seems to have preferred to try to prevent the trade in slaves to punishing individual slave-traders and was reproved from London" (P.J.Barnwell DMB) British Governor of Mauritius from 1810. Also was Governor of Bourbon (Reunion Island) for 3 months in 1811. Returned to England 1817-20. Then back to Mauritius. Finally left the island in 1823. Member of the Lodge of Triple Esperance, Port Louis (article in Le Weekend newspaper 14.7.1996) Also a Governor of the East India Co and Governor of Penang. In 1809 he married Marcia Frances Geslip Latour, daughter of Joseph Frances Louis de Latour of Madras. A son called Walter Minto Farquhar died in 1866. Grandchildren called Gilbert (actor and author 1850-1920) Horace (politician and courtier 1844-1923) and Robert (artist 1841-1924) who lived in Grassmere in the Lake District in 1898 (information from email correspondant Neville Potter) His wife's sister married Theodore Hook's elder brother (see "They came to Mauritius" by D. Hollingworth. (Theodore Hook was then Treasurer of Mauritius as well as a London wit) In 1825 he entered Parliament as member for Newton and in 1826 member for Hythe, Kent. In 1826 he was accused of favouring slave traders in Mauritius but he always denied this. He died in 1830. Dictionary of Mauritian Biography p. 487. Pauline >> ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Byrnes <danbyrnes@northnet.com.au <mailto:danbyrnes@northnet.com.au>> To: Pauline McGregor Currien <p.e.c@talk21.com <mailto:p.e.c@talk21.com>> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:40 PM
Robert married Latour Maria Frances Geslip-35383 daughter of Of Madras Latour Louis Francis Joseph-69209 and Hordle Anne-3744 in 1809.
See http on Turing. Burke's P&B for Stirling-Hamilton of Preston. See name Latour in Lines of Burke's LG for Innes to hand. See De Falbe, p. 68 on family connections. Burke's P&B for Farquhar.
Robert and Maria had the following children:
+ 30 M i Sir Bart2, MP for Hertford Farquhar Walter Minto-35391 was born on 26 Oct 1809. He died on 18 Jun 1866.
17. Opium dealer, agency house Davidson Walter Stevenson-6211 (Martha Farquhar , Robert , John , James , Progenitor ) was born in Nov 1785. He died in 1869.
"vice-regal notes". He has dealings in insurance, opium, Australia trade, is at Canton. Code-Aust. Code-opium. Code-red. Does he have any London links with a banker John Forbes as I see suggested in old notes? In Welsh, History of Hong Kong, p. 578, Note 19 to Ch 2, he takes over opium business of George Baring qv in 1807 and sold out to Thomas Dent qv in 1824. He is regarded in 1829 as a spokesman of an older generation of merchants, more than the "next and more aggressive generation" - see Greenberg, op cit, p. 71. He is of Lowndes Square, London in http per Dan Morgan on Turing. He is agent for opium in Bulley, Bombay Ships. Pemberton thesis, p. 367, he owns "Belmont" near Camden NSW till 1851, in 1807 he visits China from Sydney where he arrived in 1805, trading with John Macarthur, Robert Campbell and Garnham Blaxcell. W. S. D. goes back to England re Bligh deposition, (Hainsworth, Traders, p. 73, he went back to England from March 1809 with £1000 from Alexander Riley of NSW and got a Portuguese citizenship which allowed him to operate at Macao, regarded as a "commercial coup" ) and in 1811 he goes to Canton as a Portuguese citizens first as agent for Baring, Malony and Roberts. then had a house which became Dent and Co., trading in opium, indigo, cotton. He was also linked to Hogue, Robertson and Davidson in Calcutta. In 1822 he left Canton and joined his... (photocopy ends). What is any link of W. S. D. with Jardine Matheson? There is a Gordon Forbes Davidson (with property in upper Hunter Valley) but he seems no relation to W. S. D. (Maxine Darnell's thesis, p. 25, notes 65-66, p. 43, p. 51 and, p. 50 and notes thereto, note 87) recommending use of Chinese labour in Australia, Cf., A. Dwight, "The use of Indian Labourers in New South Wales', JRAHS, Vol. 62, Part 2, 1976, pp. 114-135. "He is in the opium trade by ?. Davidson, in China established Davidson and Co, later Dent and Co, shipped goods to Sydney to Alexr Riley and Richard Jones, by American ships to avoid East India Co. regulations, Davidson left Canton in 1822, leaving his firm in the hands of Thomas Dent, and returned to England, joining in London his cousin Thomas Farquhar as a partner in bankers Herries/Farquhar. Davidson's nephew Patrick Leslie and cousin Edward Hamilton both entered NSW on recommendation of W. S. D, and as his agents, becoming squatters, politicians and integral to history / development of Australian wool industry. Davidson became a director of the AACo and was its deputy manager in 1856 with Hamilton its managing director. See ADB, Vol. 1, p. 290. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage for Turing. He is of Lowndes Square, London and of Saxonbury, Kent. Garran and White, p. 110, in 181, Davidson had offered Macarthur at Sydney, kind assistance, etc, Macarthur declined and wrote back, on feeble attempts to introduce merino sheep to Australia and creeping along unheeded ... He is in partnership, Garran and White, p. 131, with Alexander Riley and Richard Jones by 1825-1827. See notes on him in Garran and White on Merinos and Macarthurs, pp. 104, 110-111, 114, 116, 131, 148. Maxine Darnell says she has copies of his letters re Patrick Leslie. By 1824 he is with bank Herries/Farquhar.
He is in NSW by late 1807, then India and China, left from Aust in 1808 and stayed awhile in Rio De Janeiro. See mention in Greenberg. In India, Barings offered W. S. D. a position, Robarts stayed till Dent arrived. See re one John Davidson partner with Joshua Johnson in J. Price, Joshua Johnson in London, p. 177. Keswick, p. 181, in a section by writer Alan Reid, in Canton, Reid and Beale had become agents for India-based shp insurance, but in 1805 they with some others developed the "First Canton Insurance Office", lasting till 1836, with management swapped between Jardines and Dents. Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and some others did some underwriting; (by 1953 it had all become the Lombard Insurance Co). How did Davidson do it, see Keswick on Jardines, p. 128, in 1801, the progenitors for Jardine/M had obtained the first "free licence" to sent tea to NSW then to VDL see notes for James Matheson qv. De Falbe, p. 97, W. S. D. had once deliberately tried to destroy Patrick Leslie, WSD sold Cowpastures land to James Macarthur, land he had originally got for half a crown an acre, for 40/- per acre by 1837. He died with a fortune of more than £400,000! Cf, Gowan and White, Merinos, Myths and Macarthurs. ANUP, 1985. Cf, Joseph Farington, Diary of Diaries, 1793-1821. Yale. Garlick and Macintyre. 1978.; Cf., Alan Atkinson, 'John Macarthur before Australia knew him', Journal of Australian Studies. No. 4, June, 1970., pp? De Falbe, p. 89, via Macarthur at Sydney he wanted to deal in sandalwood, pork, opium, sealskins, whale-oil, and spirits for NSW. De Falbe, p. 72, mentions his connections in Low Countries amongst others. His Farquhar cousins in London knew Watson-Taylor the private secretary to Lord Camden by 1804. See Burke's Peerage for?, p. 2453; He is of Lowndes Sq, London and Saxonbury, Kent. De Falbe, table. There is a discrepancy on the father of this man's mother in De Falbe, table, versus other material available. Cheong on Jardine/M, p. 56 this man begins operations by 1813 with a sinecure as consul for the Portuguese; see p. 61, in January 1823, Thomas Dent, W. S. Davidson and William Blight began to compete on the opium market. p. 56, W. S. Davidson temporarily left Canton, in 1817 after he had lodged a power of attorney with Thomas Dent, a new arrival. Dent's brother Lancelot arrived soon after that; opium trade and Indian cotton. Robert Taylor and Co. with James Matheson as a junior partner, which started in 1818 was devoted entirely to opium speculation, but Taylor died in 1820. Cheong on J/m, p. 61, WS Davidson by 1822 or so has a partner, William Blight whose name does not seem to appear in other book titles.
See W. E. Cheong on Jardine/M, p. 87, he has an assistant Thomas Dent qv. W. S. here retired to London in the 11th year of his stewardship of the agency bearing his name. VIP See Dyster on Fanning and Jones, especially p. 373 Note 20 that this man by 1844 or so is a partner in London West End Bank, Herries, Farquhar and Co., all qv. See re his being in colony at time of deposition of Gov. Bligh and later expulsion from colony at time of Bligh's deposition, yet retaining links with Macarthur. Maxine Darnell advises, see British Parliament Papers, copies, UNE's Dixson Library's Reference Section. See S. B. Singh, agency houses, p. 75. See Prentis, Scots in Aust, p. 55, p. 86. Singh, p. 23, this house is agent for the Indian Insurance Co. See Hainsworth, Builders, p. 71. See re Barings, Hainsworth, Traders, pp. 92-93. Operating at Macao, see Hainsworth, Traders, p. 73. See Hainsworth, Builders, pp. 34ff, pp. 66-67, p. 124. This man/trading house is an associate of John Macarthur of NSW. Davidson here is a cousin of a prominent Calcutta merchant notnamed. He became an agent for Baring and Co. in Canton, acting as a naturalized Portuguese citizen (is this at the same time Sir Francis Baring has a son at Canton?). He acted for Robert Campbell and also Alexander Riley by arranging deals with American ships. Acting outside EICo control (with the connivance of a Baring firm owned by a former Gov of EICO in 1790??). His own wife is his cousin, a grand-daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar. By 1816 he was sole proprietor of Davidson and Co., importing opium and cotton and exporting tea and silver. [Was he dealing in opium handled by Palmer, the father-in-law of Robert Campbell who was married to Sophie Palmer?].
In 1822 he went home to marry his cousin. He maintained long-term links with John Macarthur. After 1826, W. S. Davidson bought Saxon merino sheep for the colony in partnership with Richard Jones qv who was Davidson's NSW agent, Jones managing a property here, Collaroi, near Kassilis. W. S. Davidson's nephew is Patrick Leslie, qv, whom Davidson grew to dislike (here he has relatives E. W. T. Hamilton and George Clive - problems here involved disputes over Leslie's bills which involve W. S. Donaldson qv and Leslies in Scotland and Canton). Before 1838, Davidson had become a partner. He is of Lowndes Square, London in http per Dan Morgan on Turing. He is agent for opium in Bulley, Bombay Ships. Pemberton thesis, p. 367, he owns "Belmont" near Camden till 1851, in 1807 he visits China from Sydney where he arrived in 1805, trading with Jn Macarthur, Rbt Campbell and Garnham Blaxcell.
WSD goes back to England re Bligh deposition, in 1811 he goes to Canton as a Portuguese citizens first as agent for Baring, Malony and Roberts. then had a house which became Dent and Co, trading in opium, indigo, cotton, he was also linked to Hogue, Robertson and Davidson in Calcutta. In 1822 he left Canton and joined his... (photocopy ends). What is any link of WSD with Jardine Matheson? There is a Gordon Forbes Davidson (property in upper Hunter Valley) but he seems no relation to WSD. (Darnell thesis, p. 51 and, p. 50 and notes thereto, note 87) recommending use of Chinese in Aust, Cf., A. Dwight, "The use of Indian Labourers in New South Wales', JRAHS, Vol. 62, Part 2, 1976, pp. 114-135. Davidson, in China established Davidson and Co, later Dent and Co., shipped goods to Sydney to Alexr Riley and Richard Jones, by American ships to avoid East India Co. regulations, Davidson left Canton in 1822, leaving his firm in hands of Thomas Dent, and returned to England, joining in London his cousin Thomas Farquhar as a partner in Herries/Farquhar. Davidson's nephew Patrick Leslie and cousin Edward Hamilton both entered NSW on recommendation of W. S. D., and as his agents. becoming squatters, politicians and integral to history of Austn wool industry. Davidson a director of AACo and its deputy manager in 1856 with Hamilton its managing directore. See ADB, Vol. 1, p. 290 ends Max's info. Burke's P&B for Turing. He is of Lowndes Square, London and of Saxonbury, Kent. Garran and White, p. 110, in 181, Davidson had offered Macarthur at Sydney, kind assistance, etc, Macarthur declined and wrote back, on feeble attempts to introduce merino sheep creeping along unheeded... He is in partnership, Garran and White p. 131, with Alexander Riley and Richard Jones by 1825-1827. See notes on him in Garran and White on Merinos and Macarthurs, pp. 104, 110-111, 114, 116, 131, 148. Maxine Darnell says she has copies of his letters re Patrick Leslie. By 1824 he is with Herries/Farquhar. He is in NSW by late 1807, then India and China, left from Aust in 1808 and stayed awhile in Rio De Janeiro. See mention in Greenberg. In India, Barings offered WSD a position, Robarts stayed till Dent arrived. See the John Davidson partner with Joshua Johnson in J. Price, Joshua Johnson in London, p. 177. Keswick, p. 181 in a section by writer Alan Reid, in Canton, Reid and Beale had become agents for India-based shp insurance, but in 1805 they with some others developed the "First Canton Insurance Office", lasting till 1836, with management swapped between Jardines and Dents. Jamsetjee and some others did some underwriting; by 1953 it had all become the Lombard Insurance Co. How did Davidson do it, see Keswick on Jardines, p. 128., in 1801, the progenitors for Jardine/M had obtained the first "free licence" to sent tea to NSW then VDL see notes for James Matheson qv. De Falbe, p. 97, he had deliberately tried to destroy Patrick Leslie, He sold Cowpastures land to James Macarthur, land he had got for half a crown an acre, for 40/- per acre by 1837. He died with a fortune of more than £400,000! Cf, Gowan and White, Merinos, Myths and Macarthurs. ANUP, 1985. Cf, Joseph Farington, Diary of Diaries, 1793-1821. Yale. Garlick and Macintyre. 1978.; Cf., Alan Atkinson, 'John Macarthur before Australia knew him', Journal of Australian Studies. No. 4, June, 1970., pp? De Falbe, p. 89, via Macarthur at Sydney he wanted to deal in sandalwood, pork, opium, sealskins, whale-oil, and spirits for NSW. De Falbe p. 72 mentions
his connections in Low Countries amongst others. His Farquhar cousins in London knew Watson-Taylor the private secretary to Lord Camden by 1804. See Burke's Peerage for?, p. 2453; He is of Lowndes Sq, London and Saxonbury, Kent. De Falbe, table. There is a discrepancy on the father of this man's mother in De Falbe, table, vs other material available. Cheong on Jardine/M, p. 56 this man begins operations by 1813 with a sinecure as consul for the Portuguese; see p. 61, in Jan 1823, Thomas Dent, W. S. Davidson and William Blight began to compete on the opium market. p. 56, W. S. Davidson temporarily left Canton, in 1817 after he had lodged a power of attorney with Thomas Dent, a new arrival. Dent's Brother Lancelot arrived soon after that; opium trade and Indian cotton. Robert Taylor and Co with James Matheson as a junior partner, which started in 1818 was devoted entirely to opium speculation, but Taylor died in 1820. Cheong on J/m, p. 61, WS Davidson by 1822 or so has a partner, William Blight whose name does not seem to appear in other titles. See W. E. Cheong on Jardine/M, p. 87, he has an assistant Thomas Dent qv. WS here retired to London in the 11th year of his stewardship of the agency bearing his name. VIP See Dyster on Fanning and Jones, esp p. 373 Note 20 that this man by 1844 or so is a partner in London West End Bank, Herries, Farquhar and Co all qv. See re his being in colony at time of deposition of Bligh and later expulsion from colony at time of Bligh's deposition, yet retaining links with Macarthur. Maxine advises, see British Parlt Papers, copies, Dixson Reference Section. See S. B. Singh, agency houses, p. 75. See Prentis, Scots in Aust, p. 55, p. 86. Singh, p. 23, this house is agent for the Indian Insurance Co. See Hainsworth, Builders, p. 71. See re Barings, Hainsworth, Traders, pp. 92-93. Operating at Macao, see Hainsworth, Traders, p. 73. See Hainsworth, Builders, pp. 34ff, pp. 66-67, p. 124. This man/house an associate of John Macarthur. Davidson here is a cousin of a prominent Calcutta merchant. He became an agent for Baring and Co in Canton, acting as a naturalized Portuguese citizen (is this at the same time Sir Francis Baring has a son at Canton? He acted for Robert Campbell and also Alexander Riley by arranging deals with American ships. Acting outside EICo control (with the connivance of a Baring firm owned by a former Gov of EICO in 1790??). His own wife is his cousin, a grand-daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar.By 1816 he was sole proprietor of Davidson and Co, importing opium and cotton and exporting tea and silver. [Was he dealing in opium handled by Palmer, the father-in-law of Robert Campbell who was married to Sophie Palmer?]. In 1822 he went home to marry his cousin. He maintained long-term links with John Macarthur. After 1826, W. S. Davidson bought Saxon merino sheep for the colony in partnership with Richard Jones qv who was Davidson's NSW agent, Jones managing a property here, Collaroi, near Kassilis. W. S. Davidson's nephew is Patrick Leslie, qv, whom Davidson grew to dislike (here he has relatives E. W. T. Hamilton and George Clive - problems here involved disputes over Leslie's bills which involve W. S. Donaldson qv and Leslies in Scotland and Canton).
Before 1838, Davidson had become a partner in bank of Herries, Farquhar and Co in London, not long after establishment of AACo and he became an expert in transfer of funds between London and Sydney. He is a large investor in AACo. In 1832 he is elected to a committee formed to select migrants in London.
In 1834 he was apptd an executor of Alexr Riley's will. He becomes a director of AACo supporting PP King to be superintendent of AACo in Aust (see, Tamworth, NSW). Introduced young Hamilton (?) to PP King, [re Warrah?]. This man's son Gilbert owned Canning Downs. He had three drs. No wife listed (His uncle is Sir Walter Farquhar (1738-1819) physician to the Prince of Wales, qv. His own ADB entry. See De Falbe, p. 73, this man operated with Macarthur in England after the Bligh deposition, Rebellion. p. 87, WSD is family banker, he is with Herries/ Farquar bank at 16 St James Street, London (bank later taken over by Lloyd's Bank.)
Links earlier with family of George Rose at Treasury, p. 88, and to Lord Camden's private secretary, Watson-Taylor. Such circles had relatives in Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and West Indies. See re John Macarthur's ideas by 1804 of a quadrangular trade scheme involving Sydney, Fiji, Canton and Calcutta. WS' mother died when he was a baby, his two older brothers died before he did. Davidson family at Rayne had a laird landlord being William Leslie of Warthill, Davidson became the opium dealer for Baring Bros at Macao and Canton. Later he set up by himself at Canton. Davidson had business links with explorer Oxley, Riley Bros, Palmers in Aust, Campbells, Richard (China) Jones, and with Donaldson who was the father of NSW first prime minister. There was a quarrel between Davidson and Davidson's nephew, Patrick. The older Alexander Riley made WSD his executor. WSD has a brother-in-law, Leslie. WSD once wanted to marry an heiress neighbour of the Leslies, Margaret Forbes, but she refused him.
Davidsons' Asia reputation stood high, he was a trustee of the estate of Daniel Beale, his predecessor in Canton [for Barings?], WSD kept in touch with Wm Lelies (Leslie?), his former landlord of Scotland. WSD in 25 March 1819 wrote about his friend Robarts, who is apparentlly leaving China on ship Dunvia; friends Molony and Robarts, has a young associate, Dent then in Bengal seeing to opium
harvest. WSD has a cousin Walter Davidson in Calcutta who by a local woman had a child Margaret Louisa Davidson. At the end of 1822, WSD returned from Canton with a fortune of £22,000, with a friend from Bombay one Thomas Coats who married Ann one of WSD's elder sisters [see name Cotes also]. What is any link of WSD with Jardine Matheson? There is a Gordon Forbes Davidson (property in upper Hunter Valley) but he seems no relation to WSD. (Maxine Darnell 's thesis p. 51 and, p. 50 and notes thereto, note 87) recommending use of Chinese labour in Australia.He maintained long-term links with John Macarthur. After 1826, W. S. Davidson bought Saxon merino sheep for the colony in partnership with Richard Jones qv who was Davidson's NSW agent, Jones managing a property here, Collaroi, near Kassilis. W. S. Davidson's nephew is Patrick Leslie, qv, whom Davidson grew to dislike (here he has relatives E. W. T. Hamilton and George Clive - problems here involved disputes over Leslie's bills which involve W. S. Donaldson qv and Leslies in Scotland and Canton). Before 1838, Davidson had become a partner in bank of Herries, Farquhar and Co in London, not long after establishment of AACo and he became an expert in transfer of funds between London and Sydney. He is a large investor in AACo. In 1832 he is elected to a committee formed to select migrants in London. In 1834 he was appointed an executor of Alexr Riley's will. He becomes a director of AACo supporting PP King to be superintendent of AACo in Aust (see, Tamworth, NSW). Introduced young Hamilton (?) to PP King, [re Warrah?]. This man's son Gilbert owned Canning Downs. He had three drs. No wife listed (His uncle is Sir Walter Farquhar (1738-1819) physician to the Prince of Wales, qv. His own ADB entry. See De Falbe, p. 73, this man operated with Macarthur in England after Bligh deposition, Rebellion. p. 87, WSD is family banker, he is with Herries Farquar bank at 16 St James Street, London (bank later taken over by Lloyd's Bank. Links earlier with family of George Rose at Treasury, p. 88, and to Lord Camden's private secretary, Watson-Taylor. Such circles had relatives in Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and West Indies. See re John Macarthur's ideas by 1804 of a quadrangular trade scheme involving Sydney, Fiji, Canton and Calcutta. WS' mother died when he was a baby, his two older brothers died before he did. Davidson family at Rayne had a laird landlord being William Leslie of Warthill, Davidson became the opium dealer for Baring Bros at Macao and Canton. Later he set up by himself at Canton. Davidson had business links with explorer Oxley, Riley Bros, Palmers in Aust, Campbells, Richard (China) Jones, and with Donaldson who was the father of NSW first prime minister. There was a quarrel between Davidson and Davidson's nephew, Patrick. The older Alexander Riley made WSD his executor. WSD has a brother in law, Leslie. WSD once wanted to marry an heiress neighbour of the Leslies, Margaret Forbes, but she refused him. Davidsons' Asia reputation stood high, he was a trustee of the estate of Daniel Beale, his predecessor in Canton [for Barings?], WSD kept in touch with Wm Lelies (Leslie?), his former landlord of Scotland. WSD in 25 March 1819 wrote about his friend Robarts, who is apparentlly leaving China on ship Dunvia; friends Molony and Robarts, has a young associate, Dent then in Bengal seeing to opium harvest. WSD has a cousin Walter Davidson in Calcutta who by a local woman had a child Margaret Louisa Davidson. At the end of 1822, WSD returned from Canton with a fortune of £22,000, with a friend from Bombay one Thomas Coats who married Ann one of WSD's elder sisters [see name Cotes also]. See re Sir Wm Forbes Sir Bart6 - See Hodson lists. See re Herries/Farquhar. Burke's P&B for Stuart-Forbes. See lines also of Burke's P&B for Dunbar of Northfield. GEC, Peerage, Glasgow, p. 664. Burke's P&B for Stuart-Forbes. See his own DNB entry. GEC, Peerage, Forbes, p. 552. Who's Who in Boswell, p. 130. He was apprenticed to Messrs Coutts in Edinburgh, known from 1773 as Forbes, Hunter and Co. renamed in 1838 as Union Banking Co. he was consulted by Pitt on matters financial. His own DNB entry. See his views on Jma planters in R. B. Sheridan, Scots in WI, New York Academy, copy to hand. He later had his own private bank. he joins Herries/Farquhar in Jan 1766. His own DNB entry. See Booker on Herries. See Namier /Brooke re Herries, Vol. 2, p. 615. From DNB, a family friend Sir Francis Farquarson of Haughton arranged for this boy to go into Coutts bankers. Then from 1773 were partners, Forbes, Hunter/Blair, and Sir Robert Herries, later Herries and Co. The house was greatly trusted in Scotland and did well in panics of 1772, 1788 and 1793. Pitt used to consult this man and in 1799 offered him an Irish peerage, which he declined. The firm in 1838 became the Union Bank Company. he declined invitations to stand for Parliament. http says he is with Sir James Hunter-Blair and Sir Robert Herries to 1773, then with Forbes, Hunter and Co. He has dr marries to Macdonald, and another to one Sene and another to Mackenzie.
Walter married (1) Wife1, cousin Matheson Anne-48600 daughter of Matheson Senior-48601 and Notknown Charity Dummylink-48602 in 1823. Anne was born in 1805. She died in 1833.
ux49 re parents re e-mail of 16-6-2010 Code-red. See http on Turing per Dan Morgan. When they marry they are accompanied on honeymoon in Europe by Richard Jones from Sydney. De Falbe, p. 92, this woman is a dr of a cousin of WS Davidson, one Charity Unknown. De Falbe, table.
Walter and Anne had the following children:
31 F i Davidson Martha Anne-48605 was born in 1824 in Circa. She was christened in ,Maxine.
See also http on Turing. De Falbe, Table.Martha married Conjectural, of Blackheath Larkins Mr-48606 son of Larkins Senior-48620 and LNotknown Miss-48621.
ux49 for more. See also http on Turing. De Falbe, table.32 M ii Unm, of Canning Downs Davidson Gilbert-46012 was born in 1826. He died in 1885 in Brighton,England.
See http on Turing. See Dyster on Fanning and Jones, p. 370. De Falbe, p. 97 and Appendix B re this man's takeover of Canning Downs from Leslies. Table.+ 33 F iii Davidson Catherine Georgiana-48607 was born in 1827. She died on 6 Aug 1905. 34 F iv Davidson Eliza-48608 was born in 1831 in Circa.
See also http on Turing. De Falbe, table.Eliza married Mr Winham-113991 son of Winham Progenitor-168409 and WNotknown Miss-168410.
See also http on Turing. De Falbe.35 M v Davidson Walter-48609 was born in 1833. He died in 1868 in dsp.
Code-red. He dsp - See also http on Turing. See Burke's Landed Gentry for De Falbe. See Garran and White on Merinos and Macarthur, p. 148. re Richard Jones and Walter Davidson, and Saxon sheep, and Collaroy. De Falbe, pp. 96-97; table.Walter married DNotknown Miss-48459. Miss was buried in ,fix,,lost worlds.
See also http on Turing.
Walter married (2) wife 2, no issue Steward Catherine-103387 daughter of Gabriel Paymaster EICo Steward MP-103390 and Of Weymouth Tucker Rebecca-37982. Catherine died in 1864.
Any possible link to Capt Steward of Sir Francis Freeling's ship lost at Western Australia, Marquis of Anglesea (?). Her father, listed in Namier/Brooke, Vol. 2, p. 478. De Falbe, p. 96; table.
18. Of Rayne Davidson Jane-30388 (Martha Farquhar , Robert , John , James , Progenitor ) was born in 1783. She died in 1861.
See http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/index_c.html De Vries-Evans, p. 54, somewhere there is a Gilbert Davidson who is a cousin of ? and owner of Canning Downs. De Falbe, table. See research for Maxine Darnell's research. Stenton, Brit Partls, Vol. 1, p. 236. ADB entry for Patrick Leslie qv. Pemberton, AACo, p. 67.
Jane married Laird9 Of Warthill, Scotland Leslie William-30387 son of Leslie George-103195 and Leslie Mary-37787 in 1813. William was born in 1770. He was christened in 1815. He died in 1857.
See http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/index_c.html He is son1. See also http on Turing. See Burke's LG for Stainton (formerly Arbuthnot Leslie) of Warthill, section on family of Leslie of Folla. VIP see Maxine's research. De Falbe, table and see Ch. 8 on the Leslie Brothers. Mowle's genealogy p. 109. VIP see Maxine's research. See Mowle's, p. 109 where this man is given as Laird10. See Dyster on Fanning and Jones. See ADB for Patrick Leslie (1815-1881). De Falbe, table and see Ch. 8 on the Leslie Brothers. Mowle's Genealogy p. 109.
William and Jane had the following children:
36 F i Leslie Catherine-30338 was born in 1822. She was christened in 1845. She died in 1906.
See also http on Turing especially re his wife's area, Rayne in Aberdeenshire. Burke's Landed Gentry for Stainton/Leslie. See Maxine Darnell's thesis/research. Marriage from p. 48 of JW on Jondaryan. De Falbe, p. 99 and table. Marriage from p. 48 of J. W. on Jondaryan.Catherine married Commissioner Rolleston Christopher-48647 son of Rolleston Progenitor-80444 and RNotknown Miss-105508 in 1854. Christopher was born in 1817 in Nottinghamshire. He was christened in 1848 in active. He died in 1888.
See also http on Turing. See Burke's LG for Stainton/Leslie. Heaton entry. He seems to be in D. Hancock, merchants, table. ux49 What is his background? De Falbe, table, pp. 45ff, and see p. 34 of Jan Walker, Jondaryan.+ 37 M ii MP, Merchant, Dent and Co, China Leslie William-46049 was born in 1814. He died on 4 Mar 1880. 38 F iii Leslie Mary-Anne-48638 was born in 1817. She died in 1898.
See http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/index_c.html See also http on Turing. De Falbe, table.Mary-Anne married Davidson Patrick-48641 son of Davidson Progenitor-160798 and DNotknown Miss-160775 in 1836. Patrick was born in 1809. He died in 1881.
See http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/index_c.html See also http on Turing. See Burke's LG for Stainton/Leslie. De Falbe, table.39 M iv Leslie Walter Stevenson-48637 was born in 1818. He died in 1891.
See also http on Turing. See also Burke's LG for Stainton. He recruited coolies in Canton who worked at Canning Downs, see De Vries-Evans on pioneer women, p. 54. De Falbe, p. 99 and table.Walter married Robinson Caroline Rose-48644 daughter of of Midlothian Robinson William Rose-103189 and RNotknown Miss-103190. Caroline died in dsp.
See also http on Turing. See Burke's LG for Stainton/Leslie. De Falbe, table.40 M v MLC Leslie George Farquhar-16214 was born in 1820. He died in 1860.
Code-Aust. Code-red. He is son4. Burke's LG for Stainton/Leslie. Burke's LG for De Falbe. De Vries-Evans, on Pioneer Women, p. 53. De Falbe, Ch. 8 and table. See Mowle's, p. 109. See VIP re Darnell's research. Also per Trin Truscett of Armidale. p. 44 of Jan Walker on Jondaryan. Kelleher title on Gordons says p. 42 thisman is leader of a group of Scots Aberdonians who occupy the Darling Downs by invitation only, being regarded as "pure merinos" of squatterdom. By 1860 they politically dominated the state of Qld, a situation which continued. Lewslies are regarded as fathers of the Queensland pastoral industry. Mowle's Genealogy for Macarthur. See http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/index_c.htmlGeorge married Of Canning Downs Macarthur Emmeline Mary-48663 daughter of AACo investor, Bank Australia Macarthur Hannibal Hawkins-7583 and King Anna Maria-35390 in 1847. Emmeline was born on 10 Jul 1828. She died in 1911.
Daughter of hannibal Hawkins Macarthur. Code-red. She is child9, dr5. See also http for Turing. Burke's LG for Stainton/Leslie. Burke's LG for Thunbridge House. On Canning Downs in March 1852 when Conrade Martens painter was there, were Chinese coolies recruited by Walter Leslie in Canton. On the Darling Downs she had friends, Gores, of Yandilla, sons of an Irish baronet. She is friends with Lady Mary Fitzroy. De Vries-Evans on Pioneer women, p. 51ff; De Falbe, p. 7 and table. Mowle's Genealogy for Macarthur. Per Mel Grieveson of Melbourne in April 2006. See http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/index_c.html41 M vi Died Young Leslie James-48636 was born in 1824. He died in 1829.
See also http by Dan Morgan on Turing. De Falbe, table.42 M vii Horseman, Pastoralist Leslie Patrick-30316 was born on 25 Sep 1815. He died in 1860.
On Patrick Leslie. He is son2. Code-Aust. Code-red. See also http on Turing. Burke's LG for Stainton/ Leslie. See him in Mary Durack, Kings in Grass Castles. London. Corgi. 1990., p. 78. His uncle is Walter S. Davidson. De Falbe, table and Ch 8, p. 99. Mowle's Genealogy, p. 109. See Dyster on Fanning and Jones, p. 373, Note 20, where Dyster says W. S. Davidson once wrote a "Narrative of my Business Connexion with my nephew Patrick Leslie, privately printed in London, 1844-1846, see Macarthur Papers, Vol. 62, ML, A2958. The Leslie's side of the story is in K. G. T. Waller, The Letters of the Leslie Brothers in Australia, 1834-1854. 1956; with typescript copies held of that in Oxley Library, Brisbane and ML, Sydney. See on WD [WS?] Davidson in ADB, Vol. 1, and ADB on Patrick Leslie, ADB, Vol. 2, pp. 107-108. Davidson by this time was a partner in the West End Bankers, Herries, Farquar and Co, all qv. Leslie once sold some property to one George Wickham qv, in ADB. When Patrick Leslie married to Macarthur, his best man is Stuart Donaldson. See his own ADB entry. See p. 46 of Jan walker on Jondaryan. See De Falbe, Ch. 9, this man has a cousin by 1870, Catherine Georgiana Davidson married to a Turing cousin, at "Farm Warthill" in Waikato-Aukland NZ. See http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/index_c.htmlPatrick married Macarthur Katherine Kate-30326 daughter of AACo investor, Bank Australia Macarthur Hannibal Hawkins-7583 and King Anna Maria-35390. Katherine was born in 1818. She died in 1894.
Code-Aust. Code-red. See also http on Turing. Burke's LG for Stainton etc. De Vries-Evans on Pioneer women, p. 53. De Falbe, p. 112, table. VIP see Maxine Darnell's research. p. 47 of Jan walker on Jondaryan. See http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/index_c.html43 M viii Leslie Thomas Coats-48635 was born in 1826 in Warthill.
ux49 on his wife. See also http on Turing. De Falbe, table. He marries Henrietta Marion Elphinstone in http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/index_c.htmlThomas married dsp Dalrymple Henrietta-48648 daughter of Dalrymple Senior-45427 and DNotknown Miss-45428 in 1857.
ux49 Daughter of? She dsp evidently. See also http on Turing. Burke's LG for Stainton/Leslie. De Falbe, table.
19. Wife1, cousin Matheson Anne-48600 (Charity Dummylink Notknown , Robert , John , James , Progenitor ) was born in 1805. She died in 1833.
ux49 re parents re e-mail of 16-6-2010 Code-red. See http on Turing per Dan Morgan. When they marry they are accompanied on honeymoon in Europe by Richard Jones from Sydney. De Falbe, p. 92, this woman is a dr of a cousin of WS Davidson, one Charity Unknown. De Falbe, table.
Anne married Opium dealer, agency house Davidson Walter Stevenson-6211 son of Rev DD of Aberdeenshire Davidson Patrick-20803 and Farquhar Martha-20804 in 1823. Walter was born in Nov 1785. He died in 1869.
"vice-regal notes". He has dealings in insurance, opium, Australia trade, is at Canton. Code-Aust. Code-opium. Code-red. Does he have any London links with a banker John Forbes as I see suggested in old notes? In Welsh, History of Hong Kong, p. 578, Note 19 to Ch 2, he takes over opium business of George Baring qv in 1807 and sold out to Thomas Dent qv in 1824. He is regarded in 1829 as a spokesman of an older generation of merchants, more than the "next and more aggressive generation" - see Greenberg, op cit, p. 71. He is of Lowndes Square, London in http per Dan Morgan on Turing. He is agent for opium in Bulley, Bombay Ships. Pemberton thesis, p. 367, he owns "Belmont" near Camden NSW till 1851, in 1807 he visits China from Sydney where he arrived in 1805, trading with John Macarthur, Robert Campbell and Garnham Blaxcell. W. S. D. goes back to England re Bligh deposition, (Hainsworth, Traders, p. 73, he went back to England from March 1809 with £1000 from Alexander Riley of NSW and got a Portuguese citizenship which allowed him to operate at Macao, regarded as a "commercial coup" ) and in 1811 he goes to Canton as a Portuguese citizens first as agent for Baring, Malony and Roberts. then had a house which became Dent and Co., trading in opium, indigo, cotton. He was also linked to Hogue, Robertson and Davidson in Calcutta. In 1822 he left Canton and joined his... (photocopy ends). What is any link of W. S. D. with Jardine Matheson? There is a Gordon Forbes Davidson (with property in upper Hunter Valley) but he seems no relation to W. S. D. (Maxine Darnell's thesis, p. 25, notes 65-66, p. 43, p. 51 and, p. 50 and notes thereto, note 87) recommending use of Chinese labour in Australia, Cf., A. Dwight, "The use of Indian Labourers in New South Wales', JRAHS, Vol. 62, Part 2, 1976, pp. 114-135. "He is in the opium trade by ?. Davidson, in China established Davidson and Co, later Dent and Co, shipped goods to Sydney to Alexr Riley and Richard Jones, by American ships to avoid East India Co. regulations, Davidson left Canton in 1822, leaving his firm in the hands of Thomas Dent, and returned to England, joining in London his cousin Thomas Farquhar as a partner in bankers Herries/Farquhar. Davidson's nephew Patrick Leslie and cousin Edward Hamilton both entered NSW on recommendation of W. S. D, and as his agents, becoming squatters, politicians and integral to history / development of Australian wool industry. Davidson became a director of the AACo and was its deputy manager in 1856 with Hamilton its managing director. See ADB, Vol. 1, p. 290. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage for Turing. He is of Lowndes Square, London and of Saxonbury, Kent. Garran and White, p. 110, in 181, Davidson had offered Macarthur at Sydney, kind assistance, etc, Macarthur declined and wrote back, on feeble attempts to introduce merino sheep to Australia and creeping along unheeded ... He is in partnership, Garran and White, p. 131, with Alexander Riley and Richard Jones by 1825-1827. See notes on him in Garran and White on Merinos and Macarthurs, pp. 104, 110-111, 114, 116, 131, 148. Maxine Darnell says she has copies of his letters re Patrick Leslie. By 1824 he is with bank Herries/Farquhar.
He is in NSW by late 1807, then India and China, left from Aust in 1808 and stayed awhile in Rio De Janeiro. See mention in Greenberg. In India, Barings offered W. S. D. a position, Robarts stayed till Dent arrived. See re one John Davidson partner with Joshua Johnson in J. Price, Joshua Johnson in London, p. 177. Keswick, p. 181, in a section by writer Alan Reid, in Canton, Reid and Beale had become agents for India-based shp insurance, but in 1805 they with some others developed the "First Canton Insurance Office", lasting till 1836, with management swapped between Jardines and Dents. Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and some others did some underwriting; (by 1953 it had all become the Lombard Insurance Co). How did Davidson do it, see Keswick on Jardines, p. 128, in 1801, the progenitors for Jardine/M had obtained the first "free licence" to sent tea to NSW then to VDL see notes for James Matheson qv. De Falbe, p. 97, W. S. D. had once deliberately tried to destroy Patrick Leslie, WSD sold Cowpastures land to James Macarthur, land he had originally got for half a crown an acre, for 40/- per acre by 1837. He died with a fortune of more than £400,000! Cf, Gowan and White, Merinos, Myths and Macarthurs. ANUP, 1985. Cf, Joseph Farington, Diary of Diaries, 1793-1821. Yale. Garlick and Macintyre. 1978.; Cf., Alan Atkinson, 'John Macarthur before Australia knew him', Journal of Australian Studies. No. 4, June, 1970., pp? De Falbe, p. 89, via Macarthur at Sydney he wanted to deal in sandalwood, pork, opium, sealskins, whale-oil, and spirits for NSW. De Falbe, p. 72, mentions his connections in Low Countries amongst others. His Farquhar cousins in London knew Watson-Taylor the private secretary to Lord Camden by 1804. See Burke's Peerage for?, p. 2453; He is of Lowndes Sq, London and Saxonbury, Kent. De Falbe, table. There is a discrepancy on the father of this man's mother in De Falbe, table, versus other material available. Cheong on Jardine/M, p. 56 this man begins operations by 1813 with a sinecure as consul for the Portuguese; see p. 61, in January 1823, Thomas Dent, W. S. Davidson and William Blight began to compete on the opium market. p. 56, W. S. Davidson temporarily left Canton, in 1817 after he had lodged a power of attorney with Thomas Dent, a new arrival. Dent's brother Lancelot arrived soon after that; opium trade and Indian cotton. Robert Taylor and Co. with James Matheson as a junior partner, which started in 1818 was devoted entirely to opium speculation, but Taylor died in 1820. Cheong on J/m, p. 61, WS Davidson by 1822 or so has a partner, William Blight whose name does not seem to appear in other book titles.
See W. E. Cheong on Jardine/M, p. 87, he has an assistant Thomas Dent qv. W. S. here retired to London in the 11th year of his stewardship of the agency bearing his name. VIP See Dyster on Fanning and Jones, especially p. 373 Note 20 that this man by 1844 or so is a partner in London West End Bank, Herries, Farquhar and Co., all qv. See re his being in colony at time of deposition of Gov. Bligh and later expulsion from colony at time of Bligh's deposition, yet retaining links with Macarthur. Maxine Darnell advises, see British Parliament Papers, copies, UNE's Dixson Library's Reference Section. See S. B. Singh, agency houses, p. 75. See Prentis, Scots in Aust, p. 55, p. 86. Singh, p. 23, this house is agent for the Indian Insurance Co. See Hainsworth, Builders, p. 71. See re Barings, Hainsworth, Traders, pp. 92-93. Operating at Macao, see Hainsworth, Traders, p. 73. See Hainsworth, Builders, pp. 34ff, pp. 66-67, p. 124. This man/trading house is an associate of John Macarthur of NSW. Davidson here is a cousin of a prominent Calcutta merchant notnamed. He became an agent for Baring and Co. in Canton, acting as a naturalized Portuguese citizen (is this at the same time Sir Francis Baring has a son at Canton?). He acted for Robert Campbell and also Alexander Riley by arranging deals with American ships. Acting outside EICo control (with the connivance of a Baring firm owned by a former Gov of EICO in 1790??). His own wife is his cousin, a grand-daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar. By 1816 he was sole proprietor of Davidson and Co., importing opium and cotton and exporting tea and silver. [Was he dealing in opium handled by Palmer, the father-in-law of Robert Campbell who was married to Sophie Palmer?].
In 1822 he went home to marry his cousin. He maintained long-term links with John Macarthur. After 1826, W. S. Davidson bought Saxon merino sheep for the colony in partnership with Richard Jones qv who was Davidson's NSW agent, Jones managing a property here, Collaroi, near Kassilis. W. S. Davidson's nephew is Patrick Leslie, qv, whom Davidson grew to dislike (here he has relatives E. W. T. Hamilton and George Clive - problems here involved disputes over Leslie's bills which involve W. S. Donaldson qv and Leslies in Scotland and Canton). Before 1838, Davidson had become a partner. He is of Lowndes Square, London in http per Dan Morgan on Turing. He is agent for opium in Bulley, Bombay Ships. Pemberton thesis, p. 367, he owns "Belmont" near Camden till 1851, in 1807 he visits China from Sydney where he arrived in 1805, trading with Jn Macarthur, Rbt Campbell and Garnham Blaxcell.
WSD goes back to England re Bligh deposition, in 1811 he goes to Canton as a Portuguese citizens first as agent for Baring, Malony and Roberts. then had a house which became Dent and Co, trading in opium, indigo, cotton, he was also linked to Hogue, Robertson and Davidson in Calcutta. In 1822 he left Canton and joined his... (photocopy ends). What is any link of WSD with Jardine Matheson? There is a Gordon Forbes Davidson (property in upper Hunter Valley) but he seems no relation to WSD. (Darnell thesis, p. 51 and, p. 50 and notes thereto, note 87) recommending use of Chinese in Aust, Cf., A. Dwight, "The use of Indian Labourers in New South Wales', JRAHS, Vol. 62, Part 2, 1976, pp. 114-135. Davidson, in China established Davidson and Co, later Dent and Co., shipped goods to Sydney to Alexr Riley and Richard Jones, by American ships to avoid East India Co. regulations, Davidson left Canton in 1822, leaving his firm in hands of Thomas Dent, and returned to England, joining in London his cousin Thomas Farquhar as a partner in Herries/Farquhar. Davidson's nephew Patrick Leslie and cousin Edward Hamilton both entered NSW on recommendation of W. S. D., and as his agents. becoming squatters, politicians and integral to history of Austn wool industry. Davidson a director of AACo and its deputy manager in 1856 with Hamilton its managing directore. See ADB, Vol. 1, p. 290 ends Max's info. Burke's P&B for Turing. He is of Lowndes Square, London and of Saxonbury, Kent. Garran and White, p. 110, in 181, Davidson had offered Macarthur at Sydney, kind assistance, etc, Macarthur declined and wrote back, on feeble attempts to introduce merino sheep creeping along unheeded... He is in partnership, Garran and White p. 131, with Alexander Riley and Richard Jones by 1825-1827. See notes on him in Garran and White on Merinos and Macarthurs, pp. 104, 110-111, 114, 116, 131, 148. Maxine Darnell says she has copies of his letters re Patrick Leslie. By 1824 he is with Herries/Farquhar. He is in NSW by late 1807, then India and China, left from Aust in 1808 and stayed awhile in Rio De Janeiro. See mention in Greenberg. In India, Barings offered WSD a position, Robarts stayed till Dent arrived. See the John Davidson partner with Joshua Johnson in J. Price, Joshua Johnson in London, p. 177. Keswick, p. 181 in a section by writer Alan Reid, in Canton, Reid and Beale had become agents for India-based shp insurance, but in 1805 they with some others developed the "First Canton Insurance Office", lasting till 1836, with management swapped between Jardines and Dents. Jamsetjee and some others did some underwriting; by 1953 it had all become the Lombard Insurance Co. How did Davidson do it, see Keswick on Jardines, p. 128., in 1801, the progenitors for Jardine/M had obtained the first "free licence" to sent tea to NSW then VDL see notes for James Matheson qv. De Falbe, p. 97, he had deliberately tried to destroy Patrick Leslie, He sold Cowpastures land to James Macarthur, land he had got for half a crown an acre, for 40/- per acre by 1837. He died with a fortune of more than £400,000! Cf, Gowan and White, Merinos, Myths and Macarthurs. ANUP, 1985. Cf, Joseph Farington, Diary of Diaries, 1793-1821. Yale. Garlick and Macintyre. 1978.; Cf., Alan Atkinson, 'John Macarthur before Australia knew him', Journal of Australian Studies. No. 4, June, 1970., pp? De Falbe, p. 89, via Macarthur at Sydney he wanted to deal in sandalwood, pork, opium, sealskins, whale-oil, and spirits for NSW. De Falbe p. 72 mentions
his connections in Low Countries amongst others. His Farquhar cousins in London knew Watson-Taylor the private secretary to Lord Camden by 1804. See Burke's Peerage for?, p. 2453; He is of Lowndes Sq, London and Saxonbury, Kent. De Falbe, table. There is a discrepancy on the father of this man's mother in De Falbe, table, vs other material available. Cheong on Jardine/M, p. 56 this man begins operations by 1813 with a sinecure as consul for the Portuguese; see p. 61, in Jan 1823, Thomas Dent, W. S. Davidson and William Blight began to compete on the opium market. p. 56, W. S. Davidson temporarily left Canton, in 1817 after he had lodged a power of attorney with Thomas Dent, a new arrival. Dent's Brother Lancelot arrived soon after that; opium trade and Indian cotton. Robert Taylor and Co with James Matheson as a junior partner, which started in 1818 was devoted entirely to opium speculation, but Taylor died in 1820. Cheong on J/m, p. 61, WS Davidson by 1822 or so has a partner, William Blight whose name does not seem to appear in other titles. See W. E. Cheong on Jardine/M, p. 87, he has an assistant Thomas Dent qv. WS here retired to London in the 11th year of his stewardship of the agency bearing his name. VIP See Dyster on Fanning and Jones, esp p. 373 Note 20 that this man by 1844 or so is a partner in London West End Bank, Herries, Farquhar and Co all qv. See re his being in colony at time of deposition of Bligh and later expulsion from colony at time of Bligh's deposition, yet retaining links with Macarthur. Maxine advises, see British Parlt Papers, copies, Dixson Reference Section. See S. B. Singh, agency houses, p. 75. See Prentis, Scots in Aust, p. 55, p. 86. Singh, p. 23, this house is agent for the Indian Insurance Co. See Hainsworth, Builders, p. 71. See re Barings, Hainsworth, Traders, pp. 92-93. Operating at Macao, see Hainsworth, Traders, p. 73. See Hainsworth, Builders, pp. 34ff, pp. 66-67, p. 124. This man/house an associate of John Macarthur. Davidson here is a cousin of a prominent Calcutta merchant. He became an agent for Baring and Co in Canton, acting as a naturalized Portuguese citizen (is this at the same time Sir Francis Baring has a son at Canton? He acted for Robert Campbell and also Alexander Riley by arranging deals with American ships. Acting outside EICo control (with the connivance of a Baring firm owned by a former Gov of EICO in 1790??). His own wife is his cousin, a grand-daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar.By 1816 he was sole proprietor of Davidson and Co, importing opium and cotton and exporting tea and silver. [Was he dealing in opium handled by Palmer, the father-in-law of Robert Campbell who was married to Sophie Palmer?]. In 1822 he went home to marry his cousin. He maintained long-term links with John Macarthur. After 1826, W. S. Davidson bought Saxon merino sheep for the colony in partnership with Richard Jones qv who was Davidson's NSW agent, Jones managing a property here, Collaroi, near Kassilis. W. S. Davidson's nephew is Patrick Leslie, qv, whom Davidson grew to dislike (here he has relatives E. W. T. Hamilton and George Clive - problems here involved disputes over Leslie's bills which involve W. S. Donaldson qv and Leslies in Scotland and Canton).
Before 1838, Davidson had become a partner in bank of Herries, Farquhar and Co in London, not long after establishment of AACo and he became an expert in transfer of funds between London and Sydney. He is a large investor in AACo. In 1832 he is elected to a committee formed to select migrants in London.
In 1834 he was apptd an executor of Alexr Riley's will. He becomes a director of AACo supporting PP King to be superintendent of AACo in Aust (see, Tamworth, NSW). Introduced young Hamilton (?) to PP King, [re Warrah?]. This man's son Gilbert owned Canning Downs. He had three drs. No wife listed (His uncle is Sir Walter Farquhar (1738-1819) physician to the Prince of Wales, qv. His own ADB entry. See De Falbe, p. 73, this man operated with Macarthur in England after the Bligh deposition, Rebellion. p. 87, WSD is family banker, he is with Herries/ Farquar bank at 16 St James Street, London (bank later taken over by Lloyd's Bank.)
Links earlier with family of George Rose at Treasury, p. 88, and to Lord Camden's private secretary, Watson-Taylor. Such circles had relatives in Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and West Indies. See re John Macarthur's ideas by 1804 of a quadrangular trade scheme involving Sydney, Fiji, Canton and Calcutta. WS' mother died when he was a baby, his two older brothers died before he did. Davidson family at Rayne had a laird landlord being William Leslie of Warthill, Davidson became the opium dealer for Baring Bros at Macao and Canton. Later he set up by himself at Canton. Davidson had business links with explorer Oxley, Riley Bros, Palmers in Aust, Campbells, Richard (China) Jones, and with Donaldson who was the father of NSW first prime minister. There was a quarrel between Davidson and Davidson's nephew, Patrick. The older Alexander Riley made WSD his executor. WSD has a brother-in-law, Leslie. WSD once wanted to marry an heiress neighbour of the Leslies, Margaret Forbes, but she refused him.
Davidsons' Asia reputation stood high, he was a trustee of the estate of Daniel Beale, his predecessor in Canton [for Barings?], WSD kept in touch with Wm Lelies (Leslie?), his former landlord of Scotland. WSD in 25 March 1819 wrote about his friend Robarts, who is apparentlly leaving China on ship Dunvia; friends Molony and Robarts, has a young associate, Dent then in Bengal seeing to opium
harvest. WSD has a cousin Walter Davidson in Calcutta who by a local woman had a child Margaret Louisa Davidson. At the end of 1822, WSD returned from Canton with a fortune of £22,000, with a friend from Bombay one Thomas Coats who married Ann one of WSD's elder sisters [see name Cotes also]. What is any link of WSD with Jardine Matheson? There is a Gordon Forbes Davidson (property in upper Hunter Valley) but he seems no relation to WSD. (Maxine Darnell 's thesis p. 51 and, p. 50 and notes thereto, note 87) recommending use of Chinese labour in Australia.He maintained long-term links with John Macarthur. After 1826, W. S. Davidson bought Saxon merino sheep for the colony in partnership with Richard Jones qv who was Davidson's NSW agent, Jones managing a property here, Collaroi, near Kassilis. W. S. Davidson's nephew is Patrick Leslie, qv, whom Davidson grew to dislike (here he has relatives E. W. T. Hamilton and George Clive - problems here involved disputes over Leslie's bills which involve W. S. Donaldson qv and Leslies in Scotland and Canton). Before 1838, Davidson had become a partner in bank of Herries, Farquhar and Co in London, not long after establishment of AACo and he became an expert in transfer of funds between London and Sydney. He is a large investor in AACo. In 1832 he is elected to a committee formed to select migrants in London. In 1834 he was appointed an executor of Alexr Riley's will. He becomes a director of AACo supporting PP King to be superintendent of AACo in Aust (see, Tamworth, NSW). Introduced young Hamilton (?) to PP King, [re Warrah?]. This man's son Gilbert owned Canning Downs. He had three drs. No wife listed (His uncle is Sir Walter Farquhar (1738-1819) physician to the Prince of Wales, qv. His own ADB entry. See De Falbe, p. 73, this man operated with Macarthur in England after Bligh deposition, Rebellion. p. 87, WSD is family banker, he is with Herries Farquar bank at 16 St James Street, London (bank later taken over by Lloyd's Bank. Links earlier with family of George Rose at Treasury, p. 88, and to Lord Camden's private secretary, Watson-Taylor. Such circles had relatives in Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and West Indies. See re John Macarthur's ideas by 1804 of a quadrangular trade scheme involving Sydney, Fiji, Canton and Calcutta. WS' mother died when he was a baby, his two older brothers died before he did. Davidson family at Rayne had a laird landlord being William Leslie of Warthill, Davidson became the opium dealer for Baring Bros at Macao and Canton. Later he set up by himself at Canton. Davidson had business links with explorer Oxley, Riley Bros, Palmers in Aust, Campbells, Richard (China) Jones, and with Donaldson who was the father of NSW first prime minister. There was a quarrel between Davidson and Davidson's nephew, Patrick. The older Alexander Riley made WSD his executor. WSD has a brother in law, Leslie. WSD once wanted to marry an heiress neighbour of the Leslies, Margaret Forbes, but she refused him. Davidsons' Asia reputation stood high, he was a trustee of the estate of Daniel Beale, his predecessor in Canton [for Barings?], WSD kept in touch with Wm Lelies (Leslie?), his former landlord of Scotland. WSD in 25 March 1819 wrote about his friend Robarts, who is apparentlly leaving China on ship Dunvia; friends Molony and Robarts, has a young associate, Dent then in Bengal seeing to opium harvest. WSD has a cousin Walter Davidson in Calcutta who by a local woman had a child Margaret Louisa Davidson. At the end of 1822, WSD returned from Canton with a fortune of £22,000, with a friend from Bombay one Thomas Coats who married Ann one of WSD's elder sisters [see name Cotes also]. See re Sir Wm Forbes Sir Bart6 - See Hodson lists. See re Herries/Farquhar. Burke's P&B for Stuart-Forbes. See lines also of Burke's P&B for Dunbar of Northfield. GEC, Peerage, Glasgow, p. 664. Burke's P&B for Stuart-Forbes. See his own DNB entry. GEC, Peerage, Forbes, p. 552. Who's Who in Boswell, p. 130. He was apprenticed to Messrs Coutts in Edinburgh, known from 1773 as Forbes, Hunter and Co. renamed in 1838 as Union Banking Co. he was consulted by Pitt on matters financial. His own DNB entry. See his views on Jma planters in R. B. Sheridan, Scots in WI, New York Academy, copy to hand. He later had his own private bank. he joins Herries/Farquhar in Jan 1766. His own DNB entry. See Booker on Herries. See Namier /Brooke re Herries, Vol. 2, p. 615. From DNB, a family friend Sir Francis Farquarson of Haughton arranged for this boy to go into Coutts bankers. Then from 1773 were partners, Forbes, Hunter/Blair, and Sir Robert Herries, later Herries and Co. The house was greatly trusted in Scotland and did well in panics of 1772, 1788 and 1793. Pitt used to consult this man and in 1799 offered him an Irish peerage, which he declined. The firm in 1838 became the Union Bank Company. he declined invitations to stand for Parliament. http says he is with Sir James Hunter-Blair and Sir Robert Herries to 1773, then with Forbes, Hunter and Co. He has dr marries to Macdonald, and another to one Sene and another to Mackenzie.
Walter and Anne had the following children:
44 F i Davidson Martha Anne-48605 is printed as #31. 45 M ii Unm, of Canning Downs Davidson Gilbert-46012 is printed as #32. + 46 F iii Davidson Catherine Georgiana-48607 is printed as #33. 47 F iv Davidson Eliza-48608 is printed as #34. 48 M v Davidson Walter-48609 is printed as #35.
View web stats from www.statcounter.com/ for this website begun 4 July 2006
