Davenport, William

Sectors:

  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Jewellery, silverware, luxury goods, etc, distribution
  • Slavery & slave trading Slave trading & trade
  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland Wine trading & trade, inc port & sherry

Notes:

William Davenport, 1725-97, was a leading Liverpool merchant trading from 1840s in slaves but also in a range of commodities, notably beads, and also wine through William Davenport & Co. For long associated with William Whaley, Liverpool merchant. Out of business early 1790s

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