Hartlepool History Then & Now - Lisle And Partners

Lisle & Partners

Details about Lisle & Partners

William Lisle acquired shares in the early Hartlepool shipping companies. These included the Original Shipping Co.; Union Shipping Co.; General Shipping Co.; Commercial Shipping Co.; Phoenix Shipping Co. and West Hartlepool Shipping Co. As one company folded William and other Hartlepool and Stockton men purchased some of the ships as they were sold and, in many instances, set up another company. William also had shares in ships along with William Kilvington, William George and Robert Henry Jackson, Robert Elstob Hutton, Thomas Rowell, Ninian Sheraton Tate, Gustavus Adolphus Tate, Peter Watt, Robert Hutchison (butcher), Mary Sheraton (Newton Bewley) and the Ord family of Sunderland.

Family Histories of the above mentioned Hartlepool shipowners:

William Kilvington was born in Yarm c1822. He married Charlotte Eleanor Cornforth at Stockton-on-Tees in 1851. By 1861 the couple were living at the Town Wall, Hartlepool with their five children. Charlotte died in 1880. In 1881 William his son, George, and daughter, Elizabeth, were living at No. 6 Thornton Street, West Hartlepool. He was Supt Registrar & Clerk to the Hartlepool Board of Guardians for about 25 years.

William died aged 63 on 16^th March 1885 at 5 Catherine Street, Hartlepool leaving effects of £4,847.

Robert Elstob Hutton was born on 29th November 1804 at Bishopwearmouth to parents Ann Duncan/Donkin (nee Elstob) and Robert Hutton. He married Catherine Elstob on 27^th December 1828 at Bishopwearmouth. By 1851 the couple were living at Cliff Terrace, Hartlepool with their two daughters and five sons.

Robert went to sea as an apprentice in January 1820 and from 1827 sailed on four Sunderland ships as master (C.N. 42414). He retired from the sea in December 1840 and in 1841 joined the General Shipping Company as a shareholder. When the company folded in 1844 Robert continued to own shares in ships.

Robert died at Hartlepool aged 53 on 30^th April 1858 leaving effects of under £3,000. He was interred at Spion Kop Cemetery.

Thomas Rowell was born about 1808 at Weetslade, Northumberland to parents William and Catherine Rowell. He married Elizabeth Rowley and they had one daughter, Catherine, born in 1837. Thomas was a bank agent and was mayor of Hartlepool from 1842 to 1843. In 1851 the couple and their daughter were living at Southgate, Hartlepool with Thomas listed as a landed proprietor.

Thomas died aged 48 on 27^th March 1859 at Sedgewick House, Hartlepool leaving effects of under £100.

Ninian Sheraton Tate was born at Stranton, Hartlepool on 18^th August 1800 to parents Lucy (nee Sheraton) and William Tate. He married Sarah Gibson in 1837 at Stranton, Hartlepool and they had two children, William and Dorothy. On ships from the year 1813 as an apprentice Ninian worked his way up to a seaman, mate then master. After 38 years at sea, he gained his master’s certificate No. 47880 at Llanelly in 1851. His widow, Sarah, died aged 96 in 1898.

Ninian died aged 93 at Hartlepool on 31^st January 1894 leaving effects of £1,222.

Gustavus Adolphus Tate was born at Hartlepool on 10^th July 1808 to parents Lucy (nee Sheraton) and William Tate. He became a ship agent and married Marianne Sotheran at Greatham in 1839. The couple had five children.

Gustavus died aged 41 at Hartlepool on 7^th August 1849.

Location

Ann & Sarah - a general history

Ann & Sarah 1846-1880 sold foreign

Built by William Turnbull & Co. South Stockton: Official No. 23913: Code Letters NTPD: one deck; two masts; square stern; carvel built wood brig sheathed in yellow metal; 1855 felt sheathed in zinc; 295g; 97.6 x 26 x 16.6; new keelson & some repairs 1855; full female figurehead-removed 12 November 1857 .

Owners: William Lisle (miller) & Ninian Sheraton Tate, Hartlepool; 1868 William Todd (Church Street) West Hartlepool; 1878 R. Irvine junior & Co. West Hartlepool; 1879 Benjamin R. Huntley, West Hartlepool; 1880 Germany.

Masters: November 1847-64 Ninian Sheraton Tate; 1864-66 T Taylor.

Miscellaneous: Xmas day 1865 Ann & Sarah was riding in the roads at Elsinore when three of the crew & a passenger went ashore for provisions. The passenger was William Day who had been shipped by the British Consulate at Wyborg. They spent about £15 on goods which included a keg of spirit but did not return to the vessel for three days & when they did William Day was not with them. The master suspected foul play as all three of the crew had marks to their faces as if they had been fighting. They were taken to the British Consulate at Elsinore to be questioned. Their story was that they had all had a few glasses of brandy & got drunk before returning to their boat &, when they did leave shore, it became foggy & they could not see the ship. A strong wind had sprung up & carried them onto the Swedish coast about 12 miles from where Ann & Sarah was anchored. They left Day in the boat while they went to get help & when they returned he was dead. As the ship had to leave nothing further was done until they reached West Hartlepool. On his arrival the master found that documents had been sent from Sweden stating that Day had died either from suffocation by lying in water in the bottom of the boat or from exposure.

Voyages: 1848 Stockton-on-Tees for the Mediterranean; September 1855 Hartlepool for Constantinople; July 1856 Hartlepool for Malta; 1872 bound for Wyborg she was in collision in the Baltic & lost the mate overboard.

Crew December 1865;

Bowyer, Henry, able seaman, London

Miller, Charles, able seaman

Taylor, master

Wyre, Michael, able seaman, Kilbeggan, Ireland

More detail »

ship

Commerce

note

Hotspur - a general history

person

Lisle, William

William Lisle was born at Newton Bewley on 10^th August 1801 to parents Elizabeth (nee Lister) and Thomas Crawford Lisle. He was a miller at Middleton-mills in Stranton, Hartlepool and must have been successful as he purchased shares in early shipping companies and ships.He married Ann Farrow at Billingham on 16^th May 1832.The couple had four sons and four daughters. Ann died in 1868.

William drowned aged 73 in the River Tees on 8^th May 1874. In his will he left effects of under £3,000.

York Herald – Saturday 11 May 1874

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A HARTLEPOOL MAGISTRATE. INQUEST AT MIDDLESBROUGH. On Saturday, as the steam-tug Dauntless was proceeding down the Tees from Middlesbrough, the captain discovered a body floating face downwards between the fourth and fifth buoys. He at once hauled it on board, and returned to Middlesbrough, where it was conveyed to the dead-house. Just afterwards it was recognised by P.C. Jepson as the body of William Lisle, Esq., one of the magistrates of Old Hartlepool. The authorities at Hartlepool were at once communicated with, and in the afternoon the friends of deceased arrived to claim the body. An inquest was held in the afternoon, before Mr. J. Dent, the deputy coroner. The captain having described his finding the body, Dr. O'Donnell said there were no marks of violence on the body. His opinion was that death was by drowning; but he was at a loss how to account for the body having floated so soon after death. If the deceased had been last seen alive at nine o'clock on the previous night it was one of the most singular cases on record that the deceased should be found eight miles up the Tees only twelve hours afterwards.— Mr. John Shiels, chief constable of Hartlepool, said the deceased had retired from business, and was in his 74th year. He was on the bench on Tuesday discharging his magisterial duties in the usual manner He learned that deceased was last seen about ten o'clock on Friday night at the end of Durham-street, from which there were two roads, one leading to the docks and the other in the direction of the sea, on the embankment of which there was no fence. The roads were very dangerous to go along after dark. He had no reason to believe that deceased had any cause to put an end to his existence. Elizabeth King, housekeeper to deceased, said his wife had been dead six years. Within the last three weeks she noticed that he appeared to be low-spirited. He was a man of very temperate habits, and was accustomed to retire to bed at ten. On Friday he kept in the house till nearly nine o'clock, when she heard him go out. He always carried his watch with him, but they found that he had left it and his money behind him. The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned,” but added that there was no evidence to show how he had got into the water.

More detail »

note

Hartlepool Sports & Leisure

Hartlepool Transport

A Potted History Of Hartlepool

Hartlepool Trade & Industry

Hartlepool Health & Education

Hartlepool People

Hartlepool Places

Hartlepool at War

Hartlepool Ships & Shipping

Lisle & Partners

Details about Lisle & Partners

Location

Related items :

Acacia

Achsah -a general history

Ancona - a general history

Ann & Sarah - a general history

Commerce

Hotspur - a general history

Lisle, William

Londonderry - a general history

Providence - a general history

Reindeer - a general history

Robinson - a general history

William Green - a general history

Yarm