Brown, George

London; upholsterer and cabinet maker (fl. 1808–28)

Addresses given at 13 Broad Street, Soho (1808–11); 403 Oxford Street (1820–21); and 4 Regent Street by 1824.

Purchased Sun Insurance policies:

• 28 March 1810 for £4,750, £3,500 accounting for stock, utensils and goods
• 10 May 1810 for £600 on stock and utensils in feather warehouse and timber store behind 2 New Street, Broad Street
• 13 March 1811 for £4,750, £1,200 on house, warehouse and workshops
• 2 February 1820 for £3,550 on stock, utensils and goods in trust; and for £1,250, £950 on stock, utensils and goods in house and workshop at Dean Street, part in tenure of a basket maker
• 12 March 1821 for £1,000, £700 on stock, utensils and goods and a further policy of £400 on stock in workshops in Pittnay Square Perry Place, Oxford Street [The London Archives (TLA), Sun MS vol. 449, ref. 841703; vol. 451, ref. 844704; vol. 449, ref. 854962; vol. 483, ref. 962837; vol. 488, ref. 978124–25].

Probably the upholsterer G. Brown of Regent Street who was declared bankrupt [Brighton Gazette, 12 August 1824].

See Edward Brown.

Source: DEFM