Silver salver of 1798, inscribed with the arms of Charles White Williams, donated by Charles White Williams' great grandson James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell (1871-1948) to New College Oxford. The catalogue of New College's silver collection identifies Williams 'whose fortune came from a number of sources, including two large Jamaica sugar plantations.’ Lyell also endowed the Lyell Readership in Bibliography at Oxford.
Michael Burden, with Helen Clifford, 'New College Silver: a financial and cultural patrimony', http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/sites/all/files/Bulletin%20No.2.pdf [accessed 19/04/2018].
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Collector?
Yes
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Current Location
Oxford
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Dispersal Date
30th Nov -0001
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Current Owner
New College
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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.
