Banker (Banking)
Eric Williams noted that William Miles 'bought a leading partnership in the old banking house of Vaughan and Barker', later the Miles Bank.
Capitalism & Slavery p. 101
Dissolution of partnership between P.J. Miles, John S[candrett] Harford, A[braham] G[ray] Harford Battersby, [Sir] Rich[ar]d. Vaughan, Wm Miles, Thos K[ington] Bayly in the business of bankers at Bristol
The London Gazette in 1844 showed the firm trading as the Bristol Bank and the partners as Philip John Miles, John Scandrett Harford, Abraham Gray, Harford Battersby, Thos Kington Bayly and John William Miles
London Gazette 18527 28/11/1828 p. 2212
London Gazette 20381 10/09/1844 p. 3127
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.
