Joseph Hurlock | |
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Born | 1715 |
Died | 1793 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Director of the East India Company |
Joseph Hurlock (c.1715 – 1793) was a director of the East India Company.
Hurlock became a writer for British Bencoolen on 23 October 1730.[1] One of his sureties with the East India Company was Joseph Hurlock the London surgeon, and Shirren takes him to be a relation; he mentions also some Hurlocks buried in a Chelsea Moravian Church cemetery as possibly related.[2]
It was 12 July 1731 when Hurlock arrived on the coast of Sumatra.[3] In 1745 he was resident at Moco Moco facing the threat of escaped slaves.[4] He was later deputy-governor at Fort Marlborough, the main Bencoolen fortification, from 1746 to 1752.[5] His successor was Robert Hindley, who paid substantially for Hurlock's resignation.[6]
Hurlock returned to England in 1752, on board the Onslow, captain Thomas Hinde.[7] He married, and resided at Fleetwood House, the home of the Hartopp family.[8] After his wife's death in 1766, the house was let out.[9] He subsequently lived in John Street, London.[10] At the end of his life he was at Lindsey House, 99 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.[11]
Hurlock was an East India Company director in 1768, and again later.[12] He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and involved with the Society of Arts as a committee chairman.[13] He was buried at Stoke Newington on 15 August 1793, having died aged 78.[14] A monument was created to him, in Stoke Newington Church, by Thomas Banks for his daughter Ann. It records his date of death as 10 August.[15][16]
Hurlock married in June 1755 Sarah Hartopp, daughter of Sir John Hartopp, 4th Baronet, who died in 1766. Their daughter Anne married Edmund Bunney, later known as Edmund Cradock-Hartopp.[17]