UCL

Charles Court

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Resident slave-owner, attorney and merchant on Dominica, purchaser of the property of Samuel Potter (q.v.) with James Potter Lockhart (also q.v.) according to the will of Samuel Potter made in 1820. Despite his status as Member of HM's Privy Council for Dominica in 1832, his active investment in enslaved people in the 1820s and his presence in the compensation records in the 1830s, he has proved difficult for LBS to trace beyond the compensation period: no probate or death-date for him has yet been found. .


Sources

Parliamentary Papers: 1780-1849, 6 December 1831-16 August 1832 Volume 46, Part 1.

Associated Claims (6)

Dominica 1030
£116 13s 0d
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Dominica 238A & B (Knowsley Park)
£1,104 2s 3d
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Dominica 336A & B
£1,261 16s 6d
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Dominica 790
£23 2s 4d
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Dominica 794
£67 1s 0d
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Dominica 238 & 238A
£1,104 2s 3d
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Associated Estates (11)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1829 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
Babillard [ Dominica ]
1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
Babillard [ Dominica ]
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
Gatton [ Dominica ]
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
Geneva Estate [ Dominica ]
1819 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Attorney
Hampstead [ Dominica ]
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
La desiree [ Dominica ]
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
La Vie Douce [ Dominica ]
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
Mitcham [ Dominica ]
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
Nelson Rest [ Dominica ]
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
Ormskirk [ Dominica ]
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Agent
Unknown [ Dominica ]

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Name partner
Lockhart, Potter and Court
West India merchant  
 
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Relationships (3)

Charles Court
Business associates
James Potter Lockhart
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The two men contracted to buy the Dominica slave-property of Samuel Potter c. 1820 for £19,500, according to Samuel Potter's...
Charles Court
Executor → Testator
Thomas Court
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Charles Court
Business associates
Samuel Potter
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Samuel Potter agreed to sell to James Potter Lockhart and Charles Court c. 1820 all his property on Dominica for £19,500. Potter and Charles Court owned the La Desiree estate together...