6th Feb 1837 | 6 Enslaved | £279 0s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 131.
T71/887: claim by Thomas Blake and J.S. Green, as guardians of the minor Benjamin Leach. The award was amended to Thomas Blake, of British Guiana, Esq., and Alexander Foxcroft Ridgway, of Leicester Sq., Middlesex, an accountant, trustees of the minor Benjamin Leach.
See British Guiana claim no. 653 for Thomas Blake of Vive La Force plantation in British Guiana.
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Claim No.
2200
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Uncontested
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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:
'British Guiana 2200', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/9011 [accessed 26th December 2024].
