James Tasker

Commercial Legacy Details

Partnership Role

Wallace Hunter
Other partner

West India merchant

No notes

Firm Notes

The late James Hunter of Hafton ceased to be a partner in the following mercantile concerns at the period of his death 2nd February 1834: the Gourock Ropework Co., Wallace Hunter and Company; the Greenock Bank Company; the Shaws Water Company; the Castles Steam-Boat Company; the Monkland Canal company; Robertson, Hunter & Company. Signed by James Hunter, executor and general disponee.

Dissolution of co-partnery of Robert Wallace and James Tasker, under the firm of Wallace Hunter and Company; subscriber Jas. Tasker will pay and receive all debts due (1849).

Firm Sources

London Gazette 19499 30/5/1837 p. 1377 (extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette of 19/5/1837)

London Gazette 20948 23/2/1849 p. 557 (extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette of 20/2/1849)

Further Information

People of Interest

James Evan Baillie

1781 - 14^th Jun 1863

Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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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