London merchant, partner in Gray, Whitworth.
Edward Gray
This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.
Biographical notes
Slavery connections
Gray was awarded part of the compensation for the enslaved people on Seaman’s Valley in Portland Jamaica.
Abolition connections
No known connections with abolition.
ÁùºÏ²ÊÔ¤²â painting connections
Former owner: Edward Gray once owned NG2558, which was given to the NG through the Salting Bequest in 1910. He was also a former owner of NG6432, which the NG purchased in 1976.
Bibliography
History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-,
Checked and not found
—
C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-,
Checked and not found
—
J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-,
Checked and not found
—
UCL Department of History, 'Edward Gray', in UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020,
Checked and found
—