Balcarres, Earls of, landed estates

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

Haigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, North West, England

Sectors:

Extraction Coal extraction
Transport services Inland navigations services
Mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering, general
Agriculture & fishing Plantation management, sugar

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Developed in particular by the 6th Earl of Balcarres, 1752-1825. Moderate sized agricultural estate near Wigan where coal and cannel resources were developed to the extent that the family became the dominant coal trader in northern Lancashire. Also took interests in canal construction to facilitate this. Also had engineering interests such as Haigh Ironworks. In particular sold coal in Preston where owned coalyards. Also owned West India sugar plantations

Publications:

Haigh Ironworks, 1789-1856. A nobleman's enterprise during the Industrial Revolution by Birch, Alan
The Eighteenth Century Landowner as Entrepreneur. The business career of Alexander Lindsay, sixth Earl of Balcarres, c1785-1825 by Walker, S C

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