Duncan Davidson Milligan

1793 - 1846


Biography

Son of Robert Milligan and Jean Dunbar. Baptised in Holborn, 1793. His father was a planter and West India merchant involved in the building of the West India docks. Duncan Davidson Milligan himself became a West India merchant, of Milligan, Robertson & Co. London-based. Bankrupt by 1828.


Sources

Ancestry.com, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online]. National Archives B 3/4340 In the matter of Colin Robertson, Duncan Davidson Milligan and Robert Milligan Dalzell all late of Fenchurch Street, London and now of Lime Street Square, London, merchants (dealers and chapmen), bankrupts. http://hughankirkcudbright.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/family-of-jean-milligan-thomas-hughans.html [accessed 17/06/2014]. http://hughankirkcudbright.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/7-duncan-davidson-milligan.html [accessed 17/06/2014].


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
not married
Children
[With Wilhelmina Teich?] Maria Louise [Mary] Milligan
Occupation
West India merchant

Associated Estates (3)

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
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
1826 [EA] - → Mortgagee-in-Possession
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Partner
Milligan Robertson
West India merchant  
 

Relationships (3)

Brothers
Son → Father
Business partners