1793 - 12th Jun 1865
First of the Booker brothers (Josias, George, William and Richard, q.v.) to go to Demerara. Arrived 1815. Attorney for Broom Hall 1818-1827. 聽Returned to Liverpool 1827, established Josias Booker & Co. as West Indian merchant. Bought old Dispensary at Old Post Office Place 1829 for 拢6500, then redeveloped it, leasing some rooms to Liverpool Academy and Art Institute. 聽
Josias II (1828-1881) married Mehetabel Wickham Austin (1841-67), the daughter of Bishop Dr William Piercy Austin and Eliza Piercy Henderson, in 1862.
Judy Slinn and Jennifer Tanburn, The Booker Story (Andover, Jarrold Publishing, 2003), pp. 5, 7-11.
Descendants of Thomas Austin of Barbados [accessed 27/12/2010].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Elizabeth Higgin
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Children
Josias II; Samuel; John Horrocks; Rev. George; Rev. Arthur
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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:
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1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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Commercial (4) |
Chairman
Royal Insurance Company
Insurance notes → Sponsors of Royal Insurance met initially in the offices of Josias Booker. Booker owned 1000 of initial 100,000 shares of 拢20 each. Initially oveseas fire markets, then life insurance....
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General Investment
Shipowner
notes → 1835 bought the Elizabeth, 3 year old brig of 244 tons (Georgetown-Liverpool 1835-7); 1840 commissioned building of the John Horrocks, 350 ton brig (destroyed by fire 1854); 1850 bought the...
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Director
Royal Bank of Liverpool
Banker notes → 'Deeply involved' in establishment of Royal Bank of Liverpool 1836; director 1837; Chairman in 1847, helped secure its survival through crisis of 1847-8....
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Senior partner
Josias Booker & Co.
West India merchant |
Cultural (3) |
Governor and Trustee
Blue Coat Hospital......
notes → Slinn & Tanburn 'The Booker Story' pp....
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Life Governor
Manor Hall Asylum......
notes → One of founders; became a Life Governor 1843 until...
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Founder member
St Anne's Church, Aigburth......
notes → Founder with among others John Moss, C.S. Parker, J.A. Tinne. Josias Booker paid 拢175 for 3 pews. 1st entry in baptism register is that of Josias Booker's son, John Horrocks...
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Political (1) |
Local Government
office →
Town councillor
1844 - |
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Poplar Grove, Allerton, Lancashire, North-west England, England
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - 果冻影院 Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Josias Booker', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].
