1798 - 20th Aug 1869
Awarded the compensation for one enslaved person in Cape of Good Hope.
The compensation records apparently add a note "married to J. Addey". However, Rubinstein shows Harrison Watson as a 'prominent banker in Cape Town in the 1830s and 1840s, and then connected with John Robert Thomson & Co., and Colquhoun Thomson of 1 Laurence Pountney Hill', and then marrying Nancy Watson [sic] in 1830. The latter firm was described in the 1863 [P.O.] directory as West India merchants.
Cape of Good Hope no. 5276; William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? 1860- (Volumes 3 and 4, manuscripts in preparation), reference 1869/79; PO Directory (1863).
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Wealth at death
£200,000
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Rubinstein
1869/79
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£61 8s 6d
Awardee
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'Harrison Watson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146020622 [accessed 2nd July 2024].
