George Shedden

Commercial Legacy Details

Partnership Role

Robert Shedden & Sons
Name partner

West India merchant

No notes

Firm Notes

1810 R. Shedden jun., left partnership, continued by R., G., W., and B.B. Shedden. R.Shedden [jun.] of Brooklands Hants served as sheriff of County of S'hampton 1822.

Firm Sources

London Gazette 16366 1/5/1810 p. 11; London Gazette 17788 5/1/1822 p. 1

Further Information

People of Interest

Charles McGarel

1788 - 1876

Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.

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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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