24th Oct 1836 | 135 Enslaved | £3333 11s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 312.
The award was split: £1666 15s 9d went to Louisa Maltby; £1111 3s 8d went to C. de Bellot; £138 17s 11d went to J.G. Dumont (and one other?); £416 14s 2d went to Edw. and Peter Gibbs.
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Colony
Grenada
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Claim No.
684
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Estate
Duquesne Estate
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Grenada 684 (Duquesne Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/10893 [accessed 14th November 2024].
