West India and General Merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
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John Gladstone and Grant, formed with new articles 1812 as a separate house trading to the West Indies and Brazil, was reformed 01/01/1819 with the advent of John Wilson (formerly in Demerara) as the third partner. Gladstone put in £120,000, Grant £18,000 and Wilson £15,000: profits were split 3/5th; 1/5th; 1/5th.
Dissolution of co-partnership of John Gladstone, George Grant, and John Wilson under the name of Gladstone, Grant and Wilson at Liverpool 31/08/1829, merchants, counting house at Union-square. [The new partnership embraced John Gladstone, George Grant and Robertson Gladstone, with capital of £100,000 from John Gladstone and £20,00 each from the other two, with profits split 5/7ths; 1/7th;1/7th).
Dissolution of partnership of George Grant, Robertson Gladstone and Archibald Kelso as merchants at Liverpool under the firm of Gladstone & Co.
Checkland, The Gladstone pp. 120-121.
London Gazette 18608 04/09/1829 p. 1652; Checkland The Gladstones p. 180.
London Gazette 21882 9/5/1856 p. 1737
1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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.
