George Hayley
George Hayley (1722-1781) was a British merchant, shipowner, whaler and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1781.
Life and career[edit]
Hayley was the eldest son of George Hayley and his wife Hannah Hopkins. His initial career was that of cordwainer.[1] By 1767 he was an agent importing whale oil from America. He owned three or four South Sea whaling vessels between 1775 and 1781.[2]
He married Mary Storke, who was sister of John Wilkes and widow of Samuel Storke Jr., a merchant of London.[3][Notes 1]
Hayley was elected Member of Parliament for City of London at the 1774 general election. He also became an alderman in 1774 and was a sheriff of London in 1775–6. He was also President of Lloyd’s of London.[8] He was returned as MP for the City at the 1780 general election. He was a poor speaker and his main concern was on behalf of merchants trading with America.[3]
Hayley died on 30 August 1781.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The History of Parliament gives the name of Wilkes' first husband erroneously as Alexander Stock.[3] The business relationships of Storke/Hayley[3] and Storke/Hayley/Champion[4][5] indicate that the entry in History of Parliament is incorrect, as do various biographical accounts of John Wilkes, which identify Mary's first husband as Storke or Stork.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ Jane M. Clayton & Charles A. Clayton, Shipowners investing in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775 to 1815, Hassobury, 2016, p.75.
- ^ Clayton & Clayton, p.75.
- ^ a b c d e "HAYLEY, George (d.1781), of London". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "(untitled)". The Public Advertiser. London, England. 8 August 1786. p. 3. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Clayton, Jane M. (2014). Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815: An alphabetical list of ships. Hastings, East Sussex, England: Berforts Information Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-908616-52-4.
- ^ Bleackley, Horace (1917). Life of John Wilkes. London, England: John Lane. p. 21. OCLC 557289029.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington (1888). The life and times of John Wilkes, M. P., Lord Mayor of London, and Chamberlain. London, England: Ward and Downey. p. 306. OCLC 834184408.
- ^ Clayton & Clayton, p.76.
Further reading[edit]
- Cash, Arthur H. (2006). John Wilkes: The scandalous father of civil liberty. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10871-2.
- Chyet, Stanley F (1970). Lopez of Newport: Colonial American merchant prince. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1407-4.
- Ford, Worthington Chauncey, ed. (1915). Commerce of Rhode Island 1726–1800. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Seventh Series volume X. Vol. II: 1775–1800. Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press for the Massachusetts Historical Society.
- Urban, Sylvanus (September 1781). "(untitled)". The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 51. London, England: J. Nichols. OCLC 64190840.
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