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Resident merchant on Antigua; awarded compensation for 2 large estates in Antigua as trustee to the heirs of R. French (this was Robert French, his father-in-law).
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT GRANT ESQ. OF THIS ISLAND WHO AFTER PROTRACTED SUFFERING FROM AN ACUTE AND PAINFUL DISORDER BORN WITH PIOUS FORTITUDE AND RESIGNATION DEPARTED THIS LIFE the 16 DAY OF APRIL 1839 AGED 60 YEARS.'
T71/877 Antigua claim nos. 42 (Eliotts) and 88 ((Cochrane's, St Paul's). Langford Vere Oliver, History of the Island of Antigua (London, Mitchell and Hughes, 1894) Vol. 1 pp. 272-277, 'Pedigree of French'.
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Spouse
Jane Kelsick French
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Occupation
Merchant
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£3,353 12s 4d
Awardee (Trustee)
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£2,322 12s 0d
Awardee (Trustee)
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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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1821 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Brother-in-laws
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Son-in-law → Mother-in-law
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Husband → Wife
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Robert Grant', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1231 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
