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John Cross Buchanan

Profile & Legacies Summary

1803 - 1839

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Son of William Cross, Glasgow West India merchant and proprietor (himself the son of John Cross, also a West India merchant and proprietor) and Anna Buchanan, heiress of Moss and Auchintoshan. Owner of Montreuil Estate in Grenada. Auchintoshan House in Old Kilpatrick Dumbartonshire was sold for £20,000 by John Cross Buchanan's trustees after his death. Held shares in John Cross & Co., West India merchants.


Sources

T71/880 Grenada claim no. 699 (Montreuil Estate).

http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/bb4fz/buchanan06.htm#cross [accessed 15/10/2012].

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSB00232 [accessed 15/10/2012].

http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I13526&tree=CC [accessed 15/10/2012].

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Jean Wardrop of Torbanehill
Children
William, Anna Bolling, John, Marion, Hector, Susan, Walter
Occupation
West India merchant and plantation owner

Associated Claims (1)

Grenada 699 (Montreuil Estate)
£3,971 14s 7d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Associated Estates (2)

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
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
Montreuil Estate [ Grenada ]
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Montreuil Estate [ Grenada ]

Legacies Summary

Physical (1)

Country house
Auchintoshan (or Auchentoshan) House [Purchased] 
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notes →
Destroyed in the blitz, March...

Relationships (1)

John Cross Buchanan
Son → Father
William Cross
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Addresses (1)

Auchintoshan House, Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow (near), Lanarkshire, Central Scotland, Scotland
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