Sir James Esdaile & Co.

Firm Details

People & Investments (6)

Senior Partner

Sir James Esdaile

Partner

William Esdaile

Partner

John Atholl Hammet

Other partner

Rees Goring Thomas

Other partner

Pascoe St Leger Grenfell

Other partner

Thomas Scott

Firm Evolutions (1)

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Notes

Suit over Sir James Esdaile & Co, esp. Rees Goring Thomas's capital: partners = William Esdaile, Pascoe StLeger Grenfell, Thomas Scott, James Esdaile Hammett and John Athol Hammett. WE only 'monied partner', William Esdaile transferred £20,000 to name of Rees Goring Thomas for him to commence business with.

Sources

Times 7/8/1838 p. 7

Further Information

People of Interest

Eliza Down Williams (née Griffith)

28^th Mar 1802 - 6^th May 1874

Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.

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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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