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John Rate

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

London East India merchant, partner in Rickards Mackintosh (q.v.) awarded with another surviving partner Browne Roberts the compensation for Berry Hill and Rose Hill in St Mary Jamaica.

  1. John Rate, the nephew of Eaneas or Aeneas Mackintosh,  joined Rickards Mackintosh in 1831. The firm failed in 1833, and the parnership including John Rate was terminated in 1835. No subsequent trace of John Rate has yet been found.

Sources

T71/856 St Mary no.51.

  1. London Gazette, Issue 18888, 30/01/21831, p. 2802; London Gazette, Issue 19343, 01/01/1836, p. 13.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Occupation
East India merchant

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Mary 51 (Berry Hill and Rose Hill Plantations)
£4,438 0s 8d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Associated Estates (2)

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
1834 [EA] - → Joint owner
Berry Hill [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]
1834 [EA] - → Joint owner
Rose Hill [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Other partner
Rickards, Little
East India merchant  
 
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Imperial (1)

East India Company
Commercial  
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London East India merchant, partner in Rickards Mackintosh (q.v.), although the extent of his involvement with the East India Company is...

Relationships (3)

John Rate
Business partners
Robert Dent
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John Rate
Business partners
Robert Rickards
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John Rate
Business partners
Browne Roberts
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Addresses (1)

15 Bishopsgate Street within, City of London, Middlesex, London, England
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