Jamaica St Ann 498 (Home Castle Estate)

Parliamentary Papers p. 16.

T71/857: claim by Robert Fairweather, St Mary, attorney to Susannah H. Gordon.

Jamaica Almanac (1833): Susannah H. Gordon listed as owner of Home Castle.

Jamaica Almanac (1826): Robert H. Gordon listed as owner of Home Castle.

Jamaica Almanac (1828): 'estate of Robert H. Gordon' listed as owner of Home Castle.

Susannah H. Gordon was the widow of Robert Home Gordon [see St Mary claim no. 150].

Times 14/6/1842 p. 7: the case of Barkley v Lord Reay. Robert H. Gordon's will had charged an estate in Jamaica with  inter alia a legacy of £5000. Estate had produced £5000 pa, now only £180 pa and was loss-making last year. Consignees were not willing to make advances: the plaintiff sought receivership. Lord Reay as devisee in trust, had done all he could, one annuity still came before the legatee.