1763 - 1856
Sir Alexander Crichton, physician to Tsar Alexander I, claimed as owner-in-fee of 1/6th of the enslaved on the Morant estate in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica. The compensation money appears to have been paid to new trustees of his marriage settlement appointed at the time of compensation.
T71/867 St Thomas-in-the-East No. 507. E.M Tansey 'The life and works of Sir Alexander Crichton 1763-1856' Notes Rec. R. Soc. London 38 (1984) pp. 241-59; J.H. Appleby 'Sir Alexander Crichton' Notes Rec. R.Soc London 53(2) (1999) pp. 219-30; John H. Appleby, ‘Crichton, Sir Alexander (1763–1856)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004), online edn, Jan 2009 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6693 [accessed 31/10/2012].
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British/Irish
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Spouse
Frances Dodwell
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Occupation
Physician
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Oxford DNB Entry
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£4,184 0s 1d
Beneficiary
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Commercial (1) |
Director
Thames Tunnel Company
Civil engineering notes → Dates of Crichton's directorship are not known but it is probable that he was a director from the foundation of the company in...
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Other relatives
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Sir Alexander Crichton married Frances Dodwell, the grand-daughter of Dulcibella Dodwell nee...
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Crichton married Frances Dodwell, the grand-daughter of Henry and Dulcibella...
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