Charles Inman (banker)
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Charles Inman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1791 |
| Died | 1858 (aged 66–67) Bebington, England |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Spouse |
Jane Clay (m. 1817) |
| Children | 8 |
Charles Inman (1791–1858) was an English merchant, businessperson and banker, a director of the Bank of Liverpool.[1]
He was son of Robert Inman, merchant of Lancaster, and his first wife Anne Salisbury, daughter of Thomas Salisbury of Kirkham; and grandson of the slave-trader Charles Inman (1725–1767).[2][3]
Inman was apprenticed to his cousin, a cotton broker in Liverpool.[4] The cotton merchants traded as Swainson & Inman in the 1820s.[5] The partnership of Charles Inman and Anthony Swainson was dissolved in 1831.[6] Anthony Swainson (born 1782) was brother to Charles Swainson of Preston, and their mother was Susannah Inman, daughter of Charles Inman the elder.[7]
Career
In 1818 Inman left Liverpool for Leicester: he was one of three partners who put in capital from 1817 to re-finance the Pickfords firm of carriers.[8] One of the other partners was Joseph Baxendale. From 1809 he had been a partner in the Bannister Hall company headed by Charles Swainson.[9] With Inman at Leicester, the other management was Matthew Pickford and Baxendale in Manchester, and Zachary Langton in London.[10] Over time Baxendale bought out Inman and Langton, obtaining complete control in 1847.[9] On withdrawing from Pickfords, in 1838 over Sabbatarian concerns, Inman returned to Liverpool.[11][12]
A director of the Bank of Liverpool, Inman was first on the board in 1838. He then served from 1840 to 1858, in parallel with Adam Hodgson who outlived him.[13][14]
