William Moffat (MP)

William Moffat is listed as the owner of ships sailing on behalf of the East India Company from 1781 to 1833. lists ships owned by William Moffat after he died in 1822. The majority of his estate went to his son, William Moffat, Jnr. The Supplement lists a company associated with the Winchelsea and Charles Grant: Messrs Moffat and Burnie. William Burnie was surgeon on some of William Moffat's ships and one of the executors of William Moffat's will. ==Family==

William Moffat's parents were John Moffat (1676–1742) and Margaret Moffat née Inglis. Family tree This only shows members of the family discussed below. William Moffat, Jnr (1774–1851) '' by Turner, 1826 William Moffat, Jnr married twice: Ann Palmer (c1774-1805), daughter of Charles Palmer of Thurnscoe Hall in 1797 and, in 1807, Jane Wheatley (1783–1858) In all, he had 19 (possibly 21) children. He died on 25 August 1851 in Weymouth and was buried in Mortlake on 2 September 1851. All his children from 1814 to 1824 were born in Mortlake, Surrey. In 1826, J M W Turner exhibited a painting, The Seat of William Moffatt Esq., at Mortlake. Early (Summer’s) Morning William Moffat's eldest son, William Palmer Moffat (1797–1833) married Frances Pearson (c1797-1868), daughter of William Pearson (1767–1847), one of the founders of the Royal Astronomical Society. William Palmer Moffat sailed on the East Indiaman Duke of York, 31 December 1817 – 4 May 1819, (Bombay and China). He died in Bruges in January 1833. Captain William Moffat (1774–1850) Voyages of ships owned by William Moffat, with William Moffat as captain. in Rochester, Kent. He was the son of William Moffat, MP's brother, James, who died in India in 1788. William Moffat erected a memorial to James Moffat, and James' brother John, in South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata in 1800 while Captain of the Phoenix. At the time, the Phoenix was owned by William Moffat, MP. The Naval Chronicle: William Taylor Money sailed on William Moffat MP's ship twice: on her first voyage, from 21 February 1787 to 22 June 1788, as 4th Mate and her second voyage, from 6 March 1789 to 26 April 1790, as 2nd Mate. William Moffat died on 14 September 1850, in Kensington, Middlesex. Captain William Moffat – Memorials Harington family William Moffat's second wife, Elizabeth Harington (1771–1843) had two brothers: James Eyre Harington (1774–1836) and Thomas Talbot Harington (1780–1841). James Eyre Harington was Purser on William Moffat's ship the Ganges on a voyage to St Helena, Bencoolen and China from 5 June 1797 to 10 February 1799. He was rector of Sapcote, Leicester and Chalbury, Dorset. He was one of the executors of William Moffat's will in 1822. == References ==