William Moffat (MP)

William Moffat (7 March 1737 – 12 January 1822)[1] was an English banker, merchant and politician.

[2] In 1811, as a managing owner of East India Company ships, his business address is given as 27, Nicholas Lane.

[5] William Moffat is listed as the owner of ships sailing on behalf of the East India Company from 1781 to 1833.

[7] The Supplement lists a company associated with the Winchelsea and Charles Grant: Messrs Moffat and Burnie.

[11] Surrey Land Tax records list William Moffat at Mortlake, from 1813 to 1831.

William Palmer Moffat sailed on the East Indiaman Duke of York, 31 December 1817 – 4 May 1819, (Bombay and China).

He was the son of William Moffat, MP's brother, James, who died in India in 1788.

[22][23] The Naval Chronicle:[20] listed their marriage: "Captain William Moffat, of the Hon.

[4] Rose is in the background of the painting The Money Brothers by John Francis Rigaud, now at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

This humble tomb is erected by William Moffatson of the above named James Moffat, who com-manded the "Phoenix" at this port in the year 1800.

James Eyre Harington was Purser on William Moffat's ship the Ganges on a voyage to St Helena, Bencoolen and China from 5 June 1797 to 10 February 1799.