Involved in the Highland clearances including the forced emigration of three thousand of his former tenants to Canada in the 1850s.
James A. Stewart, 'The Jaws of Sheep: The 1851 Hebridean Clearances of Gordon of Cluny', Procedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, Vol. 18/19, 1998/1999, pp. 205-226.
1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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.
