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Joseph Mellish (c. 1717 - 7 December 1790) was a British Member of Parliament.
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Family
He was the third son of Joseph Mellish of Doncaster and Blyth Hall, Nottinghamshire. An elder brother was
William Mellish , MP for East Retford. He married his cousin Catherine Gore, the daughter of
John Gore , MP of Bush Hill, Middlesex.
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Business
Joseph Mellish was the ower of the company
Purry, Mellish and Devisme with his associats
David de Purry and
Gérard DeVisme . The company was active in the trade of texitles,
Brazillwood and sugar as part of the
Triangular trade between Brazil, Portugal and Angola.
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Politics
He was himself elected MP for
Great Grimsby from 1761 to 1780.
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References
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"MELLISH, Joseph (?1717-90), of Bush Hill, Edmonton, Mdx" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 November 2017 .
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"Biography of Joseph Mellish (c.1717-1790) - The University of Nottingham" . www.nottingham.ac.uk . Retrieved 4 October 2022 .
^ Dias, Thiago Alves (3 May 2018).
"O negócio do pau-brasil, a sociedade mercantil Purry, Mellish and Devisme e o mercado global de corantes: escalas mercantis, instituições e agentes ultramarinos no século XVIII" . Revista de História (177): 01.
doi :
10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2018.133277 .
ISSN
2316-9141 .
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"MELLISH, Joseph (?1717-90), of Bush Hill, Edmonton, Mdx. | History of Parliament Online" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . Retrieved 4 October 2022 .