Robert Taylor & Company

Firm Details

People & Investments (2)

Partner

John Taylor (was Tailyour) of Kirktonhill

Name partner

Robert Taylor (Senior) of Ember Court

Firm Evolutions (1)

1804 →

[London Gazette]

Notes

Kingston Jamaica July 29 1803 : co-partnership of Robert Taylor and John Taylor of this place merchants and traders who carried on business under the firm Robert Taylor and Co., has been for some time since dissolved. [This appears to have been the firm of Simon Taylor's two second cousins, which acted for him].

Sources

London Gazette 15704 22/5/1804 p. 653

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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