Herbert Samuel Sanguinetti
1848–1936
Financial agent and paper manufacturer. Son of Isaac Sanguinetti of Jamaica and his wife, Harrietta; born in London. Family wealth derived from West Indian slavery. In business as a financial agent in London in the 1870s; lent money at high rates of interest. Founded the Universal Barrel Company at Two Waters Mill, London, in 1888. Established the British Paper Company at Frogmore Mill, Hemel Hempstead, in 1890. Severed his connections with the company in 1898 due to financial troubles.
Sources
BMD (Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1499/348/4); 1881 (RG11/178/107/54)
Manchester Times, 17 June 1882, p. 3
Pilkington 1990, pp. 3, 28–9, 67
Post Office London directory 1878
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
Pilkington, Austin. 1990. Frogmore and the first Fourdrinier. [Hemel Hempstead]: Laurence Viney for the British Paper Company.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
