Benjamin Buck Greene

Commercial Legacy Details

Partnership Role

Blyth and Greene
Name partner

East India merchant

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Firm Notes

Henry David Blyth (1798-1864), probably son of Thomas Blyth (d. 1839), of Gloucester Place and then 7 Hamilton Place and 15 Philpot Lane, merchant and shipowner of H.D. Blyth & James & Greene of 9 Austin Friars [1848], acquired c.1860 the Sun Iron Works with Alfred Blyth, which then traded as J.A. Blyth of Limehouse, engineers, shiprepairers and boilermakers, died 9/12/1864 leaving £400,000.

Firm Sources

Rubinstein 1865/18

Further Information

People of Interest

Rev. William Marshall Harte

25^th Nov 1776 - 1851

Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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