# William Challoner

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**William Challoner** (or Chaloner) ( 1709–1734) was a prominent [English](/source/English_people) [slave trader](/source/History_of_slavery) in the 18th century.

Challoner's parentage is obscure; however, it is known that he came from the numerous and prosperous [Bristol](/source/Bristol) family of the same name. He may have been a son or grandson of [Robert Challoner](/source/Robert_Chaloner_(MP)), a previous [Sheriff of Bristol](/source/Sheriff_of_Bristol), and treasurer of the [Society of Merchant Venturers](/source/Society_of_Merchant_Venturers) in 1646.[1] The Challoners were well connected in the Bristol shipping and slaving industry, with previous members connected in marriage to the [Colston](/source/Edward_Colston) family, and the [Knight](/source/John_Knight_(died_1718)) and [Aldworth](/source/Robert_Aldworth) families, who both owned a sugar refinery in Bristol.

Challoner was the son of a [mercer](/source/Mercery), and was a mariner by training.[2] Ship records show him captaining a shipment to [Leghorne](/source/Livorno) in 1709. In September 1714, Challoner paid £50 to become a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers.[3] Between 1714 and 1726, he was responsible for thirteen voyages, making him one of the leading agents for the slave trade out of Bristol.[2] Shipping records show him as owner or co-owner of, in 1724, the brig *America*, and the *Illustrious*, and in 1734 the *Greyhound*. His co-owners included [Isaac Hobhouse](/source/Isaac_Hobhouse).[4]

## References

1. Hall, I.V. (1949). ["Bristol's Second Sugar House"](http://www2.glos.ac.uk/bgas/tbgas/v068/bg068110.pdf). *Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society*. **68**: 100–164. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120416115426/http://www2.glos.ac.uk/bgas/tbgas/v068/bg068110.pdf) 2012-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

1. Richardson, David (1994). [*The Bristol slave traders : a collective portrait*](http://worldcat.org/oclc/796042445). Historical Assoc. ISBN 0-901388-43-2. [OCLC 796042445](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796042445). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200615055751/http://worldcat.org/oclc/796042445) 2020-06-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

1. Minchinton, Walter (Walter Edward) (1963). [*Politics and the port of Bristol in the 18th century : the petitions of the Society of Merchant Adventurers, 1698-1803*](http://worldcat.org/oclc/504058327). Bristol Record Society. [OCLC 504058327](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/504058327). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200615055802/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/504058327) 2020-06-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

1. Richardson, David (1986–1996). [*Bristol, Africa, and the eighteenth-century slave trade to America*](http://worldcat.org/oclc/988195189). Produced for the Bristol Record Society by A. Sutton Pub. [OCLC 988195189](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/988195189). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211018020732/https://www.worldcat.org/title/bristol-africa-and-the-eighteenth-century-slave-trade-to-america/oclc/988195189) 2021-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

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