Duncan Dunbar (junior)
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{{Infobox person
| name = Duncan Dunbar II
| image = Duncan Dunbar - NPG Ax56717 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Duncan Dunbar in January 1862, by Camille Silvy
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1803|09|09}}
| birth_place = Middlesex
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1862|03|06|1803|09|09}}
| death_place = Paddington
| nationality = Kingdom of Great Britain
| occupation = shipowner
}}
Duncan Dunbar (1803–1862) was a Scottish businessman and London-based shipowner who established what was described as the largest shipping line in Great Britain.{{cite web|last1=Dunbar-Nasmith|first1=David|title=On Duncan Dunbar I and II|url=http://www.merchantnetworks.com.au/periods/1800after/1800dunbar.htm|accessdate=30 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712041250/http://www.merchantnetworks.com.au/periods/1800after/1800dunbar.htm|archive-date=12 July 2012|url-status=dead}} He was also the first chairman and founder of the London Chartered Bank of Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://sydneyarchitecture.com/GON/GON092.htm|title=Sydney Architecture Images- Demolished- London Chartered Bank|website=sydneyarchitecture.com|access-date=2019-08-30}}
Early life
Duncan was born on 8 September 1803 at 7 Fore Street, Limehouse, London, Middlesex. His father Duncan Dunbar Sr. had moved to London in the 1790s and founded a successful business as a brewer and wine merchant. He settled in Limehouse in the 1790s, establishing his alcohol business at Dunbar Wharf. Duncan Jr. was 22 when his father died in 1825 and inherited the business with his brother John.
Business
File:Launch of the 'Vimiera,' at Sunderland - ILN 1851.jpg, 1851]]
A noted protectionist,{{cite news |title=Launch of the "Vimiera," |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/HN3100028218/ILN?u=wes_ttda&sid=bookmark-ILN&xid=7d20607e |access-date=25 August 2024 |publisher=The Illustrated London News |date=28 June 1851 |ref=Volume 18, Issue 497}} Duncan Jr. possessed the largest sailing fleet in the world in the mid-19th century. Most of his fleets were built in his own shipyard in Moulmein, Burma.{{Cite web|url=https://sappers-minerswa.com/ships/lincelles-1862/|title=Lincelles 1862 {{!}}|website=sappers-minerswa.com|access-date=2019-08-30}} He also founded the London Chartered Bank of Australia in 1852.{{Cite web|url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/698/download-report|title=FORMER LONDON CHARTERED BANK|website=Victorian Heritage Council|access-date=31 August 2019}} He died at his home at Porchester Terrace, Paddington on 6 March 1862 and was buried at Highgate Cemetery. Duncan left £1,500,000 in his will. All 39 of his ships were sold within two years of his death.
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Category:19th-century Scottish merchants
Category:Scottish company founders
Category:Scottish businesspeople in shipping
Category:Scottish chairpersons of corporations
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