Earles of Liverpool
Subtitle: A Georgian Merchant Dynasty
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781781381731
Subjects: Great britain, commerce; Great britain, economic conditions, 18th century; Great britain, history
Description: This text uses the experience of three generations of the Earle family to throw light on the social and economic history of Liverpool during its rise to prominence as a great port, from 1688 to 1840. The focus is on six members of this successful family, John who came to Liverpool as apprentice to a merchant in 1688, his three sons, Ralph, Thomas and William, who all became merchants specializing in different branches of the trade of the port, and William's two sons, another Thomas and another William, who consolidated the fortunes of the family and began the process of converting their wealth into gentility. The approach is descriptive rather than theoretical, and the aim throughout has been to make the book entertaining as well as informative.