Charles Inman | |
---|---|
Born | 1791 |
Died | 1858 (aged 66–67)
Bebington, England |
Occupation | Banker |
Spouse |
Jane Clay (
m. 1817) |
Children | 8 |
Charles Inman (1791–1858) was an English merchant, businessperson and banker, a director of the Bank of Liverpool. [1]
He was son of Robert Inman, merchant of Lancaster, and his first wife Anne Salisbury, daughter of Thomas Salisbury of Kirkham; and grandson of the slave-trader Charles Inman (1725–1767). [2] [3]
Inman was apprenticed to his cousin, a cotton broker in Liverpool. [4] The cotton merchants traded as Swainson & Inman in the 1820s. [5] The partnership of Charles Inman and Anthony Swainson was dissolved in 1831. [6] Anthony Swainson (born 1782) was brother to Charles Swainson of Preston, and their mother was Susannah Inman, daughter of Charles Inman the elder. [7]
In 1818 Inman left Liverpool for Leicester: he was one of three partners who put in capital from 1817 to re-finance the Pickfords firm of carriers. [8] One of the other partners was Joseph Baxendale. From 1809 he had been a partner in the Bannister Hall company headed by Charles Swainson. [9] With Inman at Leicester, the other management was Matthew Pickford and Baxendale in Manchester, and Zachary Langton in London. [10] Over time Baxendale bought out Inman and Langton, obtaining complete control in 1847. [9] On withdrawing from Pickfords, in 1838 over Sabbatarian concerns, Inman returned to Liverpool. [11] [12]
A director of the Bank of Liverpool, Inman was first on the board in 1838. He then served from 1840 to 1858, in parallel with Adam Hodgson who outlived him. [13] [14]
Later in life, Inman moved from Netherfield Road, Everton, to Spital Hall, Bebington, in the Wirral. He died there on 11 November 1858. [2] His funeral service was given by the Rev. Edward Hatch Hoare of Barkby, an associate from the Church Missionary Society in Leicester. He was buried in Bebington churchyard. [15] [16] The site of the large Netherfield Road house was put to use with the Institution for Infectious Diseases. It was a hospital, having some finance from Liverpool Town Council to fulfil the terms of the 1866 Contagious Diseases Act. [17] [18]
Inman married in 1817 Jane Clay, daughter of Thomas Clay of Liverpool; [19] her sister Mary married Anthony Swainson. [7] They had eight children, including Thomas Inman, the second son, and William Inman. [4] [20]
Jane Inman died in 1865 at Spital Hall, at age 72. [25]
St Peter's Church, Sackville Street, Everton (Church of England) was completed in 1849. [26] Inman donated the land, laid the foundation stone in a ceremony where the architect Mr Hay (of Hay of Liverpool) showed the plans, and gave much of the building cost. [27] [28] His daughter Elizabeth's marriage took place there, in 1852. [29]
The church was destroyed in 1942. [30]
Charles Inman | |
---|---|
Born | 1791 |
Died | 1858 (aged 66–67)
Bebington, England |
Occupation | Banker |
Spouse |
Jane Clay (
m. 1817) |
Children | 8 |
Charles Inman (1791–1858) was an English merchant, businessperson and banker, a director of the Bank of Liverpool. [1]
He was son of Robert Inman, merchant of Lancaster, and his first wife Anne Salisbury, daughter of Thomas Salisbury of Kirkham; and grandson of the slave-trader Charles Inman (1725–1767). [2] [3]
Inman was apprenticed to his cousin, a cotton broker in Liverpool. [4] The cotton merchants traded as Swainson & Inman in the 1820s. [5] The partnership of Charles Inman and Anthony Swainson was dissolved in 1831. [6] Anthony Swainson (born 1782) was brother to Charles Swainson of Preston, and their mother was Susannah Inman, daughter of Charles Inman the elder. [7]
In 1818 Inman left Liverpool for Leicester: he was one of three partners who put in capital from 1817 to re-finance the Pickfords firm of carriers. [8] One of the other partners was Joseph Baxendale. From 1809 he had been a partner in the Bannister Hall company headed by Charles Swainson. [9] With Inman at Leicester, the other management was Matthew Pickford and Baxendale in Manchester, and Zachary Langton in London. [10] Over time Baxendale bought out Inman and Langton, obtaining complete control in 1847. [9] On withdrawing from Pickfords, in 1838 over Sabbatarian concerns, Inman returned to Liverpool. [11] [12]
A director of the Bank of Liverpool, Inman was first on the board in 1838. He then served from 1840 to 1858, in parallel with Adam Hodgson who outlived him. [13] [14]
Later in life, Inman moved from Netherfield Road, Everton, to Spital Hall, Bebington, in the Wirral. He died there on 11 November 1858. [2] His funeral service was given by the Rev. Edward Hatch Hoare of Barkby, an associate from the Church Missionary Society in Leicester. He was buried in Bebington churchyard. [15] [16] The site of the large Netherfield Road house was put to use with the Institution for Infectious Diseases. It was a hospital, having some finance from Liverpool Town Council to fulfil the terms of the 1866 Contagious Diseases Act. [17] [18]
Inman married in 1817 Jane Clay, daughter of Thomas Clay of Liverpool; [19] her sister Mary married Anthony Swainson. [7] They had eight children, including Thomas Inman, the second son, and William Inman. [4] [20]
Jane Inman died in 1865 at Spital Hall, at age 72. [25]
St Peter's Church, Sackville Street, Everton (Church of England) was completed in 1849. [26] Inman donated the land, laid the foundation stone in a ceremony where the architect Mr Hay (of Hay of Liverpool) showed the plans, and gave much of the building cost. [27] [28] His daughter Elizabeth's marriage took place there, in 1852. [29]
The church was destroyed in 1942. [30]