Wright Surname Ancestry ResultsOur indexes 1000-1999 include entries for the spelling 'wright'. In the period you have requested, we have the following 5647 records (displaying 3051 to 3060): These sample scans are from the original record. You will get scans of the full pages or articles where the surname you searched for has been found. Your web browser may prevent the sample windows from opening; in this case please change your browser settings to allow pop-up windows from this site. Officials of Scottish commercial institutions
(1841)
The Royal Kalendar lists officials of the Convention of Royal Burghs; the Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland; the Bank of Scotland; the Royal Bank; the British Linen Company; the Chamber of Commerce; the Commercial Bank of Scotland; the National Bank of Scotland; the Grand Lodge of Freemasons; and the Highland and Agricultural Society.WRIGHT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Passengers Arriving at Mobile, Alabama (1841)
The custom house at Mobile, Alabama, issued daily reports of the arrivals and clearing of merchantmen. The lists give the type and name of vessel, surname of master, whence arrived or whither departed, and the name of the shipper. Most of the trade was with American ports and Britain. The passenger lists printed in the Alabama Commercial Register and Patriot are generally restricted to surnames, with the occasional initial, christian name or title (Mr, Dr, Capt, Judge &c)
WRIGHT. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1841)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsWRIGHT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Prisoners in Exeter for Contempt of Court
(1841)
The return of prisoners imprisoned in Exeter Gaol and Exeter City Gaol, for contempt of court gives full name; when committed; by what authority; cause of committal; and date of discharge.WRIGHT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Scottish Bankrupts
(1841)
Scotch Sequestrations: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
WRIGHT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Scottish lawyers
(1841)
Principal legal officers in Scotland are set out in the Royal Kalendar: the Court of Session; Court of Justiciary; Court of Exchequer; Chancery; Signet Office; Faculty of Advocates; General Register of Sasines; Magistrates of Edinburgh; Court of Police; and the Lord Lieutenants and Sheriffs Depute.WRIGHT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Taxmen in England and Wales
(1841)
The Royal Kalendar lists officials of the Custom House in Thames Street, including the collectors and comptrollers at each of the outports (Aberystwyth, Aldborough, Arundel, Barnstaple, Beaumaris, Berwick, Bideford, Blakeney & Clay, Boston, Bridgwater, Bridlington, Bridport, Bristol, Cardiff. Cardigan, Carlisle, Chepstow, Chester, Chichester, Colchester, Cowes, Dartmouth, Deal, Dover, Exeter, Falmouth, Faversham, Fleetwood, Fowey, Gloucester, Goole, Grimsby, Gweek (in Cornwall), Harwich, Hull, Ipswich, Isle of Man, Llanelly, Lancaster, Liverpool, Lyme (Regis), (King's) Lynn, Milford, Maldon, Newcastle (on Tyne), Newhaven, Newport, Padstow, Penzance, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Rochester, Rye, St Ives, Scarborough, Scilly, Shoreham, Southampton, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Southwold, Stockton, Sunderland, Swansea, Truro, Wells, Weymouth, Wisbech, Whitby, Whitehaven, Woodbridge and Yarmouth), the Excise Office in Broad Street, and the Office of Stamps and Taxes in Somerset Place, including assistants, clerks and housekeepers.WRIGHT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| The household of Queen Victoria
(1841)
The Royal Kalendar lists the staff of the royal household: the Lord Chamberlain's Department (including the Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, the Master of the Ceremonies, the Mistress of the Robes, the Ladies of the Bedchamber, Maids of Honour, Bedchamber Women, Lords in Waiting, Grooms in Waiting, Gentlemen Ushers, Quarterly Waiters in Ordinary and Grooms); the Office of the Robes (including Pages, Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber and Sergeants at Arms); the Band of Music; Medical Department; Chapel Royal; Lord Steward's Department (including the Board of Green Cloth, Ewry, Wine and Beer Cellars, Kitchen, Confectionery, Silver Pantry, Coal Yard, Servants Hall, State Porters, Court of Marshalsea, Marshalsea Prison, Almonry, and Gardners; Gentlemen-at-Arms; the Queen's Stables, the Master of the Horse's Department, and the Royal Hunt.WRIGHT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| The household of the Queen Dowager
(1841)
King William IV married Adelaide sister of the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen in 1818: they had no surviving children, and at William's death in 1837, his niece Alexandrina Victoria succeeded to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland as Queen Victoria. Principal officers of the household of Adelaide, the Queen Dowager, are listed in the Royal Kalendar.WRIGHT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| The queen's tradesmen
(1841)
The Lord Chamberlain's Department, the Lord Steward's Department and the Department of the Master of the Horse maintained separate lists of approved tradesmen to supply the royal household.WRIGHT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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