John Scandrett Harford

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Scandrett Harford, FRS (8 Oct 1785 - 16 Apr 1866) was a British banker, benefactor and abolitionist. He was born the son of John Scandrett Harford, a prominent banker in the English city of Bristol and educated at Christ College, Cambridge. By the end of the 18th Century he was a wealthy banker in his own right and known as being a landowner, a staunch Quaker and an abolitionist (and friend of William Wilberforce). Harford had a sizeable portfolio, including the Blaise Castle estate at Henbury. This was originally property of Thomas Farr, but Farr went bankrupt in 1778 following the American Revolutionary War. The estate then changed hands a number of times, but it was Harford who eventually purchased the land and buildings. As of circa 1815, he also owned the Peterwell estate at Lampeter, making the purchase jointly with his younger brothers.