Alexander Grant Dallas

Imperial Legacy Details

Commercial Role

Hudson's Bay Company (Canada) Director

1856 - 1864

Notes

Also served as President of Council and Governor in Chief of our territory of Rupert's Land in 1862.

Sources

W. Kaye Lamb, 'Dallas, Alexander Grant, HBC administrator and businessman', http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=5461

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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