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Of King Street, Portman Square, London. London merchant, partner with John Mackie at Fenchurch Street until 1831. Awarded part of the compensation for the enslaved people on Newington and Barracks in Jamaica as executor of Samuel Francis under a will dated 1826 and proved 1828.
T71/867 St Thomas-in-the-East nos. 545 and 546. T71/1200 counterclaim from John Laing of King St. Portman Sq. versus Samuel Francis of Newington. Boyle's Directory 1836 shows him as of 18 King Street Portman Square. Possibly the same man as the John Laing of St George no. 307 (who was probably a trustee with Robert Holden).
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Absentee?
British/Irish?
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£3,354 17s 11d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£1,552 7s 5d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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:
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1828 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executor
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1828 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executor
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Name partner
Mackie & Laing
General overseas merchant? |
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Executor → Testator
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Business partners
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18 King Street, Portman Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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 2025
CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Laing', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/12136 [accessed 23rd January 2025].
