William Deloitte
English ship captain, trader, and land owner (1796–1870)
William Salmon Deloitte (1796–1870) was an English ship captain, trader, and land owner.
Biography
Deloitte was born in 1796 in Kingston upon Hull. His father, Jean Baptiste Deloitte, was a wealthy citizen of Arras in northern France, believed to have fled at the outbreak of the French Revolution. Jean Baptiste Deloitte had three sons including William. The eldest of the sons was John Onuphre Deloitte, the father of William Welch Deloitte, founder of British accounting firm, Deloitte.
In 1826, Deloitte was the captain of the ship Faith on its first voyage to Sydney. This was the first of many voyages between Australia, New Zealand, South America, Asia, and Britain. He was also the captain of the former convict ship Florentia, bringing some of the earliest settlers to the Colony of Australia as passengers.
In November 1826, Deloitte was acting for a Sydney firm alongside William Stewart in Horeke, trading with Muriwai, as well as other sellers.
In 1838, Deloitte established a mercantile business, leasing buildings on George Street in Sydney, which were formerly owned by auctioneer Abraham Solomon Polack.
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