James Mangles (MP) explained

James Mangles (27 July 1768 – 25 September 1838) was an English merchant and politician.

Life and career

The son of Robert Mangles, a ship chandler in Wapping, he went into his father's business together with his brother John.^[1] He was also a shipowner in partnership with his brothers John (1760–1837), Timothy (1729–1795) and Robert (1732–1788). They owned at least four vessels that were employed in the South Sea whale fishery.^[2]

Mangles was Member of Parliament for from 1831 to 1837.^[1] During the 1830s he bought Down Place, Surrey, from Edward Turnour, 3rd Earl Winterton.^[3] He became a director of the East India Company and served as High Sheriff of Surrey (1808–1809).^[4]

Family

Mangles married Mary Hughes of Guildford. There were six sons and six daughters of the marriage, with ten surviving to adulthood.^[5]

• The eldest, Caroline, born 1792, married in 1815 the Rev. Arthur Onslow, as his second wife.^[6]
• The eldest son Frederick (1794–1869) married Marion or Marian Scott, daughter of George Scott of Ravenscourt; of Pendell Court, Surrey^{[7] [8]}
• Pilgrim (1795–1828), director of the East India Company
• Charles Edward (1798–1874) married Rose Newcomb
• Emily (1799–1826) married in 1825 Henry Waitby
• Ross Donnelly (1801–1877) married in 1830 Harriet Newcomb
• Jane (1803–1824)
• Ellen (1807–1874) married in 1823 James Stirling.^[9]
• Albert (1809–1865) married in 1833 Georgiana Scott, daughter of George Scott of Ravenscourt.^[10]
• Hamilla (born 1812) married in 1833 William Preston R.N.

John Mangles (1760–1837), brother of James Mangles (1762–1838), was father of James Mangles R.N.^[11]

Notes and References

1. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/mangles-james-1762-1838 Mangles, James (1762-1838), of Woodbridge, nr. Guildford, Surr.
2. Jane M. Clayton & Charles A. Clayton, Shipowners investing in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775 to 1815, Hassobury, 2016, pp. 94–5.
3. 'Parishes: Compton', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H. E. Malden (London, 1911), pp. 16–24. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp16-24 [accessed 12 June 2016].
4. Clayton & Clayton, p. 96.
5. Book: Pamela Statham-Drew. James Stirling: admiral and founding governor of Western Australia. June 2003. University of Western Australia Press. 46–7. 9781876268947.
6. Book: The Gentleman's Magazine. 1852. F. Jefferies. 105.
7. Book: The Register; and Magazine of Biography, A Record of Births, Marriages, Deaths, and other Genealogical and Personal Occurrences. 1869. Nichols & Sons. 333.
8. Book: Edward Walford. The County Families of the United Kingdom Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland .... 1869. R. Hardwicke. 651.
9. Book: Pamela Statham. The Origins of Australia's Capital Cities. 19 November 1990. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-40832-5. 125.
10. Book: Court magazine and monthly critic. The Court magazine and belle assemblée [afterw.] and monthly critic and the Lady's magazine and museum. 1833. 339.
11. Web site: Mangles collection, Surrey Archaeological Society. 12 June 2016.