1809 - 24th Feb 1879
Partner in Bond and Co., assignee of Messrs Whitmore & Co. Partner in Bond & Pearse (John [Nelson] Bond and Henry Pearse, q.v.) from c. 1838.
Administration of personal estate of William Dimsdale Child late of 8 Finsbury Place and of Knights Hill House Norwood, West India merchant, who died 24/02/1879 at Knights Hill House, personal estate under £7000 (resworn as under £8000 January 1881). 1881 left unadminstered by Charles Baylis Child a creditor, administration granted to Augustus Hodd Child of 155 Fenchurch Street tea-broker, also a creditor.
OBS t18431127-38 27/11/1843.
National Probate Calendar 1881.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Merchant
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Commercial (1) |
Name partner
Bond & Pearse
General overseas merchant? notes → 1.William Dimsdale Child described himself in 1843 as one of the assignees of Messrs Whitmore & Co. 'I was likewise a partner in the firm of Bond and Co., which is now dissolved, but I am...
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8 Finsbury Place, City of London, Middlesex, London, England
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Knights Hill House , Norwood, Lambeth, London, Surrey, London, England
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'William Dimsdale Child', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1779030503 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
