Joshua Mauger (April 1725 – 18 October 1788) was a prominent merchant and slave trader in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1749–60) and then went to England and became Nova Scotia's colonial agent (1762).[1] He has been referred to as "the first great merchant and shipowner" in Halifax.[2] He was a member of St. Matthew's United Church (Halifax). Along with prominent merchant Captain Ephraim Cook (mariner), Mauger pushed Governor Lawrence for an elected assembly (1757).
He was born in Jersey the son of José Mauger and Sarah Le Couteur and went to sea with his uncle Matthew Mauger. He eventually became master of his own ship and settled in Halifax as an agent victualler to the British navy and a merchant.
He later returned to England and became a Member of Parliament for Poole from 1768 to 1780.[3][4]
He died in 1788, having married his Uncle Matthew's daughter, with whom he had a daughter.
- ^ "Halifax". The Halifax Gazette. No. 47. 17 February 1753. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via Google News Archive Search.
- ^ Patterson, Stephen E. (1994). "1744–1763: Colonial Wars and Aboriginal Peoples". In Buckner, Phillip; Reid, John G. (eds.). The Atlantic Region to Confederation: A History. University of Toronto Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4875-1676-5.
- ^ Chard, Donald F. (1979). "Mauger, Joshua". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Namier, Sir Lewis. "MAUGER, Joshua (1725-88), of Warborne, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 November 2017.