Claude Neilson

Commercial Legacy Details

Partnership Role

Neilson, Ure & Co.
Name partner

West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)

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Firm Notes

Partnership between Claud Neilson, James Ure and William Ure under the firms of Neilson, Ure in Glasgow and William Ure & Co in St Thomas dissolved this day (October 27 1820).

Firm Sources

Edinburgh Gazette 2856 10 November 1820 p.321

Further Information

People of Interest

Elizabeth Metcalfe

1785 - 4^th Jan 1846

Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.

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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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