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Barton, Irlam and Higginson
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'''''Barton, Irlam and Higginson''''' was a noted Liverpool firm of shipowners specializing in the trade with Barbados in the first half of the 19th century. The three partners were William Barton, George Irlam, and John Higginson. The firm made a practice of naming several of its vessels after the partners.
Higginson may have joined the partnership around 1808. In that year the ownership of the ship ''Maxwell'' changed from Higginson to Barton & Co., and her master changed from J. Edwards to J. Irlam.<ref>[http://ift.tt/2Gc5qVP ''Lloyd's Register'' (1809), seq.№M671.]</ref>
Sir William Barton, then head of Barton, Irlam and Higginson, died aged 70 in 1826. He had been knighted in 1816 when Mayor of Liverpool on presenting an address of congratulation to the Regent on the marriage of Princess Charlotte of Wales.<ref>''Gentleman's Magazine'' Vol. 139 (1826) p. 189.</ref> When Barton died, Irlam and Higginson took up his shares in the vessel ''Higginson''. George Irlam died before John Higginson, who died in 1834. His son Jonathon succeeded him as a partner in the firm.
==Bankruptcy==
Fiat in Bankruptcy was issued on 13 November 1847 against Jonathan Higginson and Richard Deane of Liverpool carrying on business at Liverpool under the firm of Barton, Irlam and Higginson, and at Barbadoes under the firm of Higginson, Deane & Stott.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Barton, Irlam and Higginson meet with considerable opposition in the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy. Reportedly, they had received a large quantity of sugar from Mr Hinds, of Barbadoes, in June 1847, pledged it in July for £20,000, and in August got a further advance of £30,000, at the same time owing Mr Hinds a large balance.<ref>[http://ift.tt/2FZhhmB accessed 12/10/2010 ''Courier'' (Hobart, Tasmania) 18 November 1848, p.4.]</ref>
When Barton, Irlam and Higginson failed it had liabilities of £850,119, of which the [[Royal Bank of Liverpool]] held £545,791.<ref name=Tuapeka>[http://ift.tt/2GeuOu7 "A BANKRUPTCY ROMANCE" ''Tuapeka Times'', Vol. 27, Issue 4298, 4 December 1895.]</ref> (The bankruptcy occurred during the great railway panic of 1847 and the Bank suspended operations between 18 October and 1 December. It then operated until it finally failed in 1867.<ref>[http://ift.tt/2puG8b2 "The stoppage of the Liverpool Royal Bank" ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 26 December 1867, p.3.]</ref> The bank's failure resulted in the failure of the [[White Star Line]].)
The Official Assignee announced in 1851 a dividend of 20s (sic) on the pound.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Actually, the dividend amounted to 17[[shilling|s]] 6[[pence|d]] in the pound.<ref name=Tuapeka/>
The bankruptcy was still underway in 1870.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 1895 the Official Receiver was still negotiating with Jonathan Higginson's widow Charlotte over stock of the North-Eastern Railway Co.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Jonathon, who had died in 1859, had on his own account purchased shares in the [[Leeds Northern Railway|Leeds and Thirsk Railway]], with which the [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North-Eastern Railway Company]] later merged.<ref name=Tuapeka/> At the time of the merger the value of the new shares in the merged railway was £3087. However, the railway never paid out the dividends accruing to those shares with the result that by 1895 the shares and accrued dividends were worth about £7000. Charlotte Higginson and the Receiver agreed to divide this amount, with Charlotte getting £3087 plus the last six years of accrued dividends, and the Receiver the remainder.<ref name=Tuapeka/>
The accounts of the Assignees were last reported audited in 1897.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Ships==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Vessel name
! Tons([[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]])
! Launched
! End year
! Notes
|-
|
| 212/222
| 1794<ref name=LR1794>[http://ift.tt/2Gcw4he ''Lloyd's Register'' (1794), Seq.№1B181.]</ref>
| 1810
| Sold c. 1810. Captured and burnt by on 28 May 1814<ref name=LL120814>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
|
| 440
| 1810
| 1836
| Wrecked
|-
|
| 401
| 1805
| 1813
| Former slave ship; Barton & Co. owned between 1809 and loss in a hurricane<ref name=CM110913b>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| ''Higginson''
| 454
| 1814
| 1856
| Sold in 1848 after on the company's bankruptcy; last listed in 1856<ref>[http://ift.tt/2GcRril ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' (1856), Seq.№H340.]</ref>
|-
|
| 380
| 1800
| 1812
| Wrecked
|-
|
| 407
| 1813
| 1824
| Wrecked
|-
|
| 299
| 1825
| 1831
| Wrecked in the [[1831 Barbados–Louisiana hurricane|Great Barbados Hurricane of 1831]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| ''Maxwell''
| 326
| 1798
| 1814
| Launched in America; Higginson owned to 1808, then Barton & Co. until 1813; lost off [[Borkum|Borcum]] on 16 January 1814 while sailing from Liverpool to Bremen.<ref>[http://ift.tt/2pvx45S ''Lloyd's List'' №4927.]</ref><ref>[http://ift.tt/2GfubAk ''Regist4er of Shipping (1815), Seq. №887.]</ref>
|-
|''Tiger''
| 371/386
| 1800
| 1819
| Launched at Liverpool; Barton & Co.-owned from 1807; lost on 30 September 1819 near the [[Saltee Islands]] returning to Liverpool from Barbados. Only four of the 30 crew and passengers aboard survived.<ref>[http://ift.tt/2pw141d ''Lloyd's List'' №5427.]</ref>
|-
|}
'''Citations'''
[[Category:Defunct companies based in Liverpool]]
[[Category:Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Transatlantic shipping companies]]
[[Category:1847 disestablishments in England]]
Higginson may have joined the partnership around 1808. In that year the ownership of the ship ''Maxwell'' changed from Higginson to Barton & Co., and her master changed from J. Edwards to J. Irlam.<ref>[http://ift.tt/2Gc5qVP ''Lloyd's Register'' (1809), seq.№M671.]</ref>
Sir William Barton, then head of Barton, Irlam and Higginson, died aged 70 in 1826. He had been knighted in 1816 when Mayor of Liverpool on presenting an address of congratulation to the Regent on the marriage of Princess Charlotte of Wales.<ref>''Gentleman's Magazine'' Vol. 139 (1826) p. 189.</ref> When Barton died, Irlam and Higginson took up his shares in the vessel ''Higginson''. George Irlam died before John Higginson, who died in 1834. His son Jonathon succeeded him as a partner in the firm.
==Bankruptcy==
Fiat in Bankruptcy was issued on 13 November 1847 against Jonathan Higginson and Richard Deane of Liverpool carrying on business at Liverpool under the firm of Barton, Irlam and Higginson, and at Barbadoes under the firm of Higginson, Deane & Stott.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Barton, Irlam and Higginson meet with considerable opposition in the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy. Reportedly, they had received a large quantity of sugar from Mr Hinds, of Barbadoes, in June 1847, pledged it in July for £20,000, and in August got a further advance of £30,000, at the same time owing Mr Hinds a large balance.<ref>[http://ift.tt/2FZhhmB accessed 12/10/2010 ''Courier'' (Hobart, Tasmania) 18 November 1848, p.4.]</ref>
When Barton, Irlam and Higginson failed it had liabilities of £850,119, of which the [[Royal Bank of Liverpool]] held £545,791.<ref name=Tuapeka>[http://ift.tt/2GeuOu7 "A BANKRUPTCY ROMANCE" ''Tuapeka Times'', Vol. 27, Issue 4298, 4 December 1895.]</ref> (The bankruptcy occurred during the great railway panic of 1847 and the Bank suspended operations between 18 October and 1 December. It then operated until it finally failed in 1867.<ref>[http://ift.tt/2puG8b2 "The stoppage of the Liverpool Royal Bank" ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 26 December 1867, p.3.]</ref> The bank's failure resulted in the failure of the [[White Star Line]].)
The Official Assignee announced in 1851 a dividend of 20s (sic) on the pound.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Actually, the dividend amounted to 17[[shilling|s]] 6[[pence|d]] in the pound.<ref name=Tuapeka/>
The bankruptcy was still underway in 1870.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 1895 the Official Receiver was still negotiating with Jonathan Higginson's widow Charlotte over stock of the North-Eastern Railway Co.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Jonathon, who had died in 1859, had on his own account purchased shares in the [[Leeds Northern Railway|Leeds and Thirsk Railway]], with which the [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North-Eastern Railway Company]] later merged.<ref name=Tuapeka/> At the time of the merger the value of the new shares in the merged railway was £3087. However, the railway never paid out the dividends accruing to those shares with the result that by 1895 the shares and accrued dividends were worth about £7000. Charlotte Higginson and the Receiver agreed to divide this amount, with Charlotte getting £3087 plus the last six years of accrued dividends, and the Receiver the remainder.<ref name=Tuapeka/>
The accounts of the Assignees were last reported audited in 1897.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Ships==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Vessel name
! Tons([[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]])
! Launched
! End year
! Notes
|-
|
| 212/222
| 1794<ref name=LR1794>[http://ift.tt/2Gcw4he ''Lloyd's Register'' (1794), Seq.№1B181.]</ref>
| 1810
| Sold c. 1810. Captured and burnt by on 28 May 1814<ref name=LL120814>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
|
| 440
| 1810
| 1836
| Wrecked
|-
|
| 401
| 1805
| 1813
| Former slave ship; Barton & Co. owned between 1809 and loss in a hurricane<ref name=CM110913b>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| ''Higginson''
| 454
| 1814
| 1856
| Sold in 1848 after on the company's bankruptcy; last listed in 1856<ref>[http://ift.tt/2GcRril ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' (1856), Seq.№H340.]</ref>
|-
|
| 380
| 1800
| 1812
| Wrecked
|-
|
| 407
| 1813
| 1824
| Wrecked
|-
|
| 299
| 1825
| 1831
| Wrecked in the [[1831 Barbados–Louisiana hurricane|Great Barbados Hurricane of 1831]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| ''Maxwell''
| 326
| 1798
| 1814
| Launched in America; Higginson owned to 1808, then Barton & Co. until 1813; lost off [[Borkum|Borcum]] on 16 January 1814 while sailing from Liverpool to Bremen.<ref>[http://ift.tt/2pvx45S ''Lloyd's List'' №4927.]</ref><ref>[http://ift.tt/2GfubAk ''Regist4er of Shipping (1815), Seq. №887.]</ref>
|-
|''Tiger''
| 371/386
| 1800
| 1819
| Launched at Liverpool; Barton & Co.-owned from 1807; lost on 30 September 1819 near the [[Saltee Islands]] returning to Liverpool from Barbados. Only four of the 30 crew and passengers aboard survived.<ref>[http://ift.tt/2pw141d ''Lloyd's List'' №5427.]</ref>
|-
|}
'''Citations'''
[[Category:Defunct companies based in Liverpool]]
[[Category:Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Transatlantic shipping companies]]
[[Category:1847 disestablishments in England]]
March 22, 2018 at 05:29AM
