About: John Hardman (MP)

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Sir John Hardman (c.1694 – 3 December 1755) was an English merchant, engaged in the slave trade between England, West Africa and the West Indies. Hardman, along with his brother James, undertook 46 slave voyages between 1729 and 1759. He regularly gave evidence to the Board of Trade on behalf of Liverpool Corporation, and was later elected as a member of the British Parliament for that constituency in 1754, but died the following year. Hardman later organised a survey on behalf of the Liverpool merchants of the possibility of a canal to join the rivers Trent and Mersey.

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  • Sir John Hardman (c.1694 – 3 December 1755) was an English merchant, engaged in the slave trade between England, West Africa and the West Indies. Hardman, along with his brother James, undertook 46 slave voyages between 1729 and 1759. He regularly gave evidence to the Board of Trade on behalf of Liverpool Corporation, and was later elected as a member of the British Parliament for that constituency in 1754, but died the following year. Hardman, originally from Rochdale, was born in 1694 and came from an old Lancashire family. His father, Richard was the eldest son of James Hardman who had fought for the Royalists in the English Civil War. In 1736, Hardman purchased the manor of Allerton Hall and rebuilt it in grand, Palladian style. Hardman later organised a survey on behalf of the Liverpool merchants of the possibility of a canal to join the rivers Trent and Mersey. (en)
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  • Sir John Hardman (c.1694 – 3 December 1755) was an English merchant, engaged in the slave trade between England, West Africa and the West Indies. Hardman, along with his brother James, undertook 46 slave voyages between 1729 and 1759. He regularly gave evidence to the Board of Trade on behalf of Liverpool Corporation, and was later elected as a member of the British Parliament for that constituency in 1754, but died the following year. Hardman later organised a survey on behalf of the Liverpool merchants of the possibility of a canal to join the rivers Trent and Mersey. (en)
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