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Counterclaimed for the compensation on the New Prospect estate in St Vincent with Robert Stratton (q.v.) on behalf of themselves and the infant children of Robert Stratton for the balance of purchase money with interest thereon amounting to £12,000.
T71/892 St Vincent nos. 478 and 479; T71/1593 p 301: letter dated 20/10/1836 from Albert D'Alton at the Junior United Service Club, Regent Street.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Soldier
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£1,673 0s 9d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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£2,576 12s 0d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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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:
'Albert D'Alton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630607 [accessed 15th September 2024].
