Person Perrin; William Philp (1742 - 1820); merchant Perrin William Philp merchant William Philip 1742 - 1820 British Male 03 June 1742 17420509 Farleigh, Kent, England, United Kingdom 29 April 1820 18200429 Baptism: Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (03 June 1742)

Smith's Hall, West Farleigh, Kent (1774)

Plantation and slave owner; merchant Natural history Education: Eton; Christ Church, University of Oxford, MA (1772); Inner Temple (1761) Career: High Sheriff of Kent (1776); owner of five estates in Jamaica which used enslaved people for labour, inherited estates from his father, never visited Jamaica but from correspondence was personally involved in their managment and the translatantic slave trade Memberships: FSA (1772-1790) Son of William Perrin and Frances. Correspondent of Sir Joseph Banks PRSl Fellow 28/05/1772 29 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; UCL LBS References: Averil M Lysaght, 'Some Early Letters from Joseph Banks (1743-1820) to William Phelp Perrin (1742-1820)' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 91-99 'William Philip Perrin', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632393 [accessed 23rd July 2020] AssocMaterial: Family papers held by Derbyshire Record Office, some transferred to St John's College Library, University of Cambridge in 2015 viz business letters 1772-1797 concerning managment of Perrin plantations. Archive material in the Fitzherbert family of Tissington papers held by Derbyshire Record Office (reference D239). Letters to Perrin from Joseph Banks, his Eton school friend, exist for 1768-1784. Notes: R lists him as William Philip, but he should be William Philp - see notes by H B Carter at Box File item 46 (from 115). International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 9 May 1742 - 29 Apr 1820 NA5024 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB yes http://viaf.org/viaf/307306098 35f84929-a0b8-414b-a21e-6e3438109ec7