UCL

Westerhall Estate

Grenada | St David

Estate Details

Associated People (9)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1766 [SY] - → Owner
Alexander Johnstone
1763 [EA] - 1764 [LA] → Joint owner
Alexander Graeme or Grame

LBS has tentatively identified the estate cited in the will of Alexander Graeme (proved in 1764) which he had jointly purchased with Alexander Graham as the Baccaye estate, shown by the Grenada National Archives as later known as Westerhall; other secondary sources (Douglas Hamilton and Emma Rothschild) confirm that Alexander Johnstone (q.v.) renamed Baccaye as Westerhall.

1794 [EA] - → Owner
Sir William Pulteney 5th Bart., born Johnstone
1811 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Not known
Sir Frederick George Johnstone 7th Bart.

Inherited the estate of his father in 1811 as tenant-in-tail, who had in turn inherited from his uncle Sir William Johnstone Pulteney, 5th Bart. The estate was the subject of Codrington v. Johnstone.

1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
John Ross
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
William Swap
1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Trustee
Masterton Ure
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
William Cockburn
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
James Kerr

Associated Claims (2)

Grenada 865 (Westerhall Estate)
£4,867 18S 1D
Grenada 866 (Westerhall [inferred])
£2,260 4S 5D

Estate Information (12)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 315(Tot)  
[Name] Westerhall Estate  
 

220 enslaved people in lawful possession of John Ross as agent. 95 enslaved people in lawful possession of John Ross as attorney or agent for Westerhall and Port Royal Estates which formerly belonged to Port Royal but now worked on Westerhall. No owner's name given.

 
T71/267 173-179
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 195(Tot) 108(F) 87(M)  
[Name] Westerhall Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of John Ross, position not recorded.

 
T71/274 321
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 85(Tot) 44(F) 41(M)  
[Name] Westerhall Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of John Ross; formerly belonged to and were attached to Port Royal Estate.

 
T71/274 320
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 15(Tot) 9(F) 6(M)  
[Name] Westerhall Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of John Ross; the property of Sir George F Johnstone, a minor.

 
T71/274 320-321
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 92(Tot) 48(F) 44(M)  
[Name] Westerhall Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of William Swap as Attorney of Masterton Ure, Trustee of Sir G F Johnstone, a minor.

 
T71/285 224-225
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 192(Tot) 106(F) 86(M)  
[Name] Westerhall Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of William Swap as Attorney.

 
T71/285 223-224
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 89(Tot) 43(F) 46(M)  
[Name] Wester Hall Estate  
 

In the lawful possession of William Cockburn attorney. No owner's name given.

 
T71/299 245-246
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 185(Tot) 107(F) 78(M)  
[Name] Wester Hall Estate  
 

In the lawful possession of William Cockburn attorney. No owner's name given.

 
T71/299 246-247
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot) 98(F) 81(M)  
[Name] Wester Hall Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of William Cockburn as Attorney.

 
T71/311 371-372
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 91(Tot) 43(F) 48(M)  
[Name] Wester Hall Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of William Cockburn as Attorney.

 
T71/311 372-373
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot) 93(F) 81(M)  
[Name] Wester Hall Estate  
 

In the lawful possession of James Ker attorney of the said estate.

 
T71/317 352-353
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 86(Tot) 41(F) 45(M)  
[Name] Wester Hall Estate  
 

In the lawful possession of James Ker attorney of the said estate.

 
T71/317 353-354