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DURHAM FAMILY HISTORY THE DURHAM FAMILY
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[2] THOMAS DURHAM II born in Scotland about 1730? active in London 1753-91 (notes by two of his descendants) |
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DURHAM, THOMAS,
bookseller, Plato's Head, near Round Court, Strand 1753; Golden Ball, Savoy,
over against Exeter Change n.d.; over against Ivy
Bridge n.d.; Strand, near Norfolk Street 1763M; Charing Cross 1767K; Cockspur Street, Charing
Cross 1768K-1801P (no. 6 1784B-1785P; no. 34 1798K-1801P). With D. Wilson
1753. Held shares in most important publications of the time. Bankrupt Aug.
1778, cert. 5 Dec. 1778, div. 15 Jan.
1784, bankrupt again 17 Jan. 1791, cert. 14 June 1791. Plomer. John
Murray I, bookseller and publisher in London, 1745-1793. John Murray I,
the founder of the Murray dynasty, is a prime example of the wandering Scots who
played such an important part in London publishing in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. Others include William Strahan,
Andrew Miller and Thomas
Durham. John MacMurray, who later
renamed himself John Murray, bought the business of William Sandby, No. 32 Fleet St. He was the father of John Murray
II,
"the Anax of Publishers" (Byron). Ref. Courthope, W.J., "Memoir of John Murray",
Quarterly Review, 1891. The London Book Trade, 1775-1800. Ian Maxted, 1977. Durham Thomas, bookseller, Plato's Head,
near Round Court, Strand 1753; Golden Ball Savoy, over against Exeter Change n.d.; over against Ivy bridge n.d.;
Strand near Norfolk St 1763M; Charing Cross 1767K;
Cockspur Street, Charing Cross 1768K-1801P (no. 6
1784B-1785P; no 34 1798K-1801P). With D. Wilson 1753. Held shares in most
important publications of the time. Bankrupt Aug. 1778, cert. 5 Dec 1778,
div. 15 Jan 1784, bankrupt again 17 Jan. 1791, cert. 14 June 1791. Plomer. Dictionary
of booksellers and printers from 1726-1775, Bibliographical Society, Oxford
University Press, 1932 (for 1930). Same as above except: Charing
Cross, 1753-75. In 1753 he was in partnership with D. Wilson at Plato's Head,
from which address they published The works of Christina, Queen of Sweden.
[Public Advertiser, January 5th, 1753.] Mentioned by F.G. Hitlon-Price
in his Signs of old houses in the Strand. [Middlesex and Herts.
Notes and Queries, III.8]. He is also mentioned in Kents
Directory for 1768 and was still in business in 1775. He held shares in most
of the important publications of the time and in 1762 his name is found in
the imprint to an interesting item of Americana, An account of the Spanish
settlements in America, printed in Edinburgh and sold by the leading
booksellers in London. [J.C.B.L.]. The
heyday of Scottish Enlightenment Publishing, p. 373. Successors and Rivals,
Sons of the Empire. In the immediate aftermath of William Strahan's
death, the endurance of the Strahan-Cadell
syndicate depended chiefly on the viability of the succession on the Strahan side of the partnership. Strahan
had three sons who survived infancy, born between 1740 and 1750. As his
printing business prospered, he made plans for his sons to enter different
branches of the book trade "so that they will all have a Connection with
one another, and yet not interfere”. The eldest, William or Billy (1740-81),
was to be a printer, and to that end apprenticed with his father from 1754 to
1761, becoming in the process the manager of the main Strahan
print shop (also called the "private" branch, to distinguish it
from the law branch and the king's branch, which Strahan
held by patent) after Archibald Hamilton left the firm. To launch the
bookselling career of his second son, George (1744-1824) Strahan
trained him himself from 1758 to 1761 and then sent him to Thomas Durham, with
whom he was partner in a bookselling firm in the Strand; indeed Strahan had originally brought Durham to London from Scotland.
perhaps with this purpose in mind, As Strahan
explained the plan to his friend David Hall on 15 July 1761, George was to
assume his own share in the Durham partnership as soon as his apprenticeship
was complete. His third and youngest son, Andrew (1750-1831), was slated to
be a stationer. The boys were extremely close. As late as 1768, a friend who
visited Strahan's house while Strahan
himself was in Scotland called them "'the bold Triumvirate," who
displayed the most "unaffected appearance of cordial affection" he
had ever seen. Had Strahan's scheme succeeded, his
firm might have become a vertically integrated family business, with a
different son heading its printing, bookselling, and stationery concerns. But
the scheme was never implemented. George was the first to bolt, quitting his
apprenticeship as a bookseller in 1763 in order to attend Oxford University
and take orders as an Anglican clergyman. In 1772 Strahan
dutifully procured for him the vicarage of St Mary's, Islington, where George
remained until his death in 1824. Young William stayed in his appointed
trade, but not in the way Strahan intended. A
partner in the firm from 1767, he shared … Considering
Thomas Durham may have been born in Scotland about 1730, the only suspect
found was Thomas Durham, christened 17 March 1728, Bathgate, West Lothian.
Parents: Thomas Durham and Sarah Sandilands. He had a brother called James Thomas
Durham and Sarah Sandilands married 16 February 1719, Bathgate, West Lothian,
Scotland. |
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GENERATION |
THOMAS DURHAM’s FAMILY |
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THOMAS DURHAM I, married 16 FEB 1719,
Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, Sarah Sandilands, sons Thomas Durham,
baptized 17 MAR 1728, Bathgate, West Lothian, and James Durham |
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THOMAS DURHAM II, possibly born in Scotland about 1730, son of Thomas
Durham I?, married 24 JUL 1774?, St.
Martin In The Fields, Westminster, Middx?, Lilly
Gilchrist, sons William Alexander Campbell Durham, Robert Keith Archibald
Durham, James George Durham |
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WILLIAM ALEXANDER CAMPBELL DURHAM, baptized Jan 1776, died 1857, married 1838, City of London, Middx, Sarah Edwards, born 1791, Beckley, Sussex - they
apparently had no children Rector
of St Matthew’s, Friday Street and St Peter's, Westcheap,
both in the City of London, Middx. Will available
online via The National Archives. The names ALEXANDER and CAMPBELL (the
latter presumably that of a female ancestor) suggest a Scottish descent |
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ROBERT KEITH ARCHIBALD DURHAM 1777-1842 |
A LETTER OF 13
MAY 1809 WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY ROBERT KEITH ARCHIBALD DURHAM ON BEHALF OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS (1743-1820),
THE BOTANIST, TO LACHLAN MACQUARIE, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, KEPT IN THE STATE
LIBRARY THERE |
ROBERT KEITH
ARCHIBALD DURHAM and SIR JOSEPH BANKS’ feather cape |
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JAMES GEORGE DURHAM, 1778-? Vicar
of St Peter and St Paul, Newport Pagnell, Bucks in
1831. Insured the Queen Ann's Hospital (almshouses) with Sun Fire office
(details available online also via National Archives) in 1832 |
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RONALD
JAMES DURHAM, electrocuted in Victoria, Australia,
1961, wife Zanitta Riddell, son William Durham |
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WILLIAM DURHAM, son of Ronald James Durham, wife Sharon Carlton |
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