James Clemens (lord mayor)

James Clemens (fl. 1750–1775) was a Liverpool, England merchant and shipowner, and Lord Mayor of Liverpool.

Life

Clemens made three voyages to Angola in the 1750s, in addition to other slave runs,^[1] in 1767 he sent the Ranger under William Speers to acquire slaves in Angola and take them to Barbados.^[2] Also in 1767 he became a member of the town council of Liverpool, and was, from 1775 to 1776, the Lord Mayor.^[1] While Lord Mayor he presented St Pauls, Stoneycroft with a two cwt (104 kg) bell.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Sheryllynne Haggerty. Merely for Money? Business Culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815. p. 34.
^ Marcus Rediker. the Slave Ship. p. 195.
^ "The Bells". The Parish Church of Saint Paul, Stoneycroft (website). Liverpool: Diocese of Liverpool. p. Architecture - The Bells. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014.

External links

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[Haggerty-1] Sheryllynne Haggerty. Merely for Money? Business Culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815. p. 34.

[2] Marcus Rediker. the Slave Ship. p. 195.

[3] "The Bells". The Parish Church of Saint Paul, Stoneycroft (website). Liverpool: Diocese of Liverpool. p. Architecture - The Bells. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014.

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