1801 - 1888
Partner in Baring Brothers between 1828 and 1837, counterclaimed unsuccessully with his partners as assignees for the compensation on Spring Garden in British Guiana. The firm intercepted successfully the compensation awarded on the estates of Wolfert Katz (q.v.), a major debtor of the firm, in British Guiana.
T71/887 British Guiana claim no. 2282 (Spring Garden); T71/885 British Guiana nos. 21, 89, 270, 272, 363, 378A&B&C, 424 and 479 for the Wolfert Katz awards estates.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Amelia Porcher
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Occupation
Merchant
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£2,995 5s 5d
Beneficiary (Mortgagee)
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£483 3s 3d
Beneficiary (Mortgagee)
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£7,306 6s 7d
Beneficiary (Mortgagee)
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£17,972 0s 4d
Beneficiary (Mortgagee)
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£11,766 10s 1d
Beneficiary (Mortgagee)
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£3,421 16s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant (Assignee)
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£4,849 14s 7d
Beneficiary (Mortgagee)
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£8,297 18s 6d
Beneficiary (Mortgagee)
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Commercial (1) |
Other partner
Baring Brothers
General overseas merchant |
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Son → Father
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Brothers
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First Cousins
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Nephew → Uncle
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Nephew → Uncle
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Grandson → Grandfather
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Business partners
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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London, Middlesex, London, England
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Baring', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/-1937716474 [accessed 31st December 2024].
