Philip Protheroe (died 1763) was an English ship captain and slave trader.

Philip Protheroe
Picture of Protheroe family document
Died1763
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Ship captain, merchant, slave trader
SpouseMartha Constant (married 1741)[1]

From 1730 to 1738, Protheroe captained the Ann Snow on six trading voyages between Bristol and Africa, carrying slaves onwards to Jamaica, Virginia, and Barbados.[2] Later he became the owner of another ship, the Tryal, carrying slaves to the colonies on six additional voyages between 1747 and 1759.[2] Protheroe was involved in the trade of over 2800 slaves during his lifetime.[2] He died in 1763, leaving no children.[1]

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  1. ^ a b RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Celtic Royal Genealogy. Accessed December 09, 2017. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I77624.
  2. ^ a b c Richardson, David. Bristol, Africa and the eighteenth-century slave trade to America. Bristol: Bristol Record Society, 1987.