Colston, Edward
Other Business Names:
- Beacham, Richard
- Day, Sir Thomas
- Wade, Nathaniel
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Mortlake, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading & trade
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Slavery & slave trading
Slave trading & trade
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Food & tobacco processing
Sugar refining & sugar products manufacture
Notes:
Edward Colston, 1636-1721, was an international merchant, trading on his own account from London by 1672. Involved in trade with Iberia and Africa and his transactions included slave trading. His origins were in Bristol to which he returned on inheriting his father's business and where he sometime established a sugar refinery with Richard Beacham, Sir Thomas Day and Nathaniel Wade. From 1689 based also at Mortlake and retired 1708. A noted philanthropist
Publications:
- Edward Colston, 1636-1721 by Mattingley, Fred
- Edward Colston, 1636-1721 AD. A chronological account of his life and work with an account of the Colston societies and memorials in Bristol by Wilkins, Henry J
- Edward Colston and Bristol by Morgan, Kenneth
- Edward Colston, the Philanthropist. His life and times, including a memoir of his father by Garrard, Thomas, & Samuel G Tovey (ed)
- English Merchants. Memoirs in illustration of the progress of British commerce by Bourne, H R Fox
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Beacham, Richard
- Day, Sir Thomas
- Wade, Nathaniel
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Mortlake, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading & trade
- Slavery & slave trading Slave trading & trade
- Food & tobacco processing Sugar refining & sugar products manufacture
Notes:
Edward Colston, 1636-1721, was an international merchant, trading on his own account from London by 1672. Involved in trade with Iberia and Africa and his transactions included slave trading. His origins were in Bristol to which he returned on inheriting his father's business and where he sometime established a sugar refinery with Richard Beacham, Sir Thomas Day and Nathaniel Wade. From 1689 based also at Mortlake and retired 1708. A noted philanthropistPublications:
- Edward Colston, 1636-1721 by Mattingley, Fred
- Edward Colston, 1636-1721 AD. A chronological account of his life and work with an account of the Colston societies and memorials in Bristol by Wilkins, Henry J
- Edward Colston and Bristol by Morgan, Kenneth
- Edward Colston, the Philanthropist. His life and times, including a memoir of his father by Garrard, Thomas, & Samuel G Tovey (ed)
- English Merchants. Memoirs in illustration of the progress of British commerce by Bourne, H R Fox