John Henry TORLESSE [1722]
- Born: Jan 1742/43, Hamburg
- Died: Abt 1816, London aged about 73
 General Notes:
John Henry was a merchant in Spain and in 1809 arrived back in England destitute by the description of him by his eldest brother John.
John provided for him and left him L1500 in his Will.
He lived with his sister Rachel at this time, John Henry did not marry.
Other Records
1. Dr Edward Liveing: Letter to Dr Pitman, 3 Feb 1882, 52 Queen Anne St LND W.
Re ancestry of Torlesse Family - mentions the son of John Torlesse of Hamburg, John Henry Torlesse, that he was born in Hamburg 1743, was engaged in the Spanish trade, and was believed to have resided in Cadiz.
Ruined in the Peninsular War he returned to London and died there about 1815
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