William Babington
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Hulk 'Princess Royal', Bonny River, West Coast of Africa [in A6]: 82 Hereford Road, Bayswater W. [1869]; Cameroons River; 17 Fulham Pl, Maida Vale | ||||||||
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A Captain in the Merchant Navy, and a trader in the Cameroons, where he stayed for extended periods. He was Master of the Victory, Princess Royal, Moselle and other ships. He was also a Chairman of the Court of Equity that attempted to placate the Old Calabar region, and a member of the RGS and the Anthropological Society. Based at Bonny River, he knew Rev. Alfred Saker well. His “Remarks on the general Description of the Trade on the West Coast of Africa” appeared in the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts in 1875.[20]
Babington met Burton on the West Coast of Africa, when Burton was Consul at Fernando Po, and got on well with him. Writing to James Hunt, Burton recommended him: “Allow me to propose as a member of the Ethnological Society Mr. William Babington a gentleman in the Merchant Navy well known in these parts, and a friend of Sir W. Hooker. His address is ‘Camaroons River’ and perhaps you will kindly let him have his ‘little bill’
