1774 - 15th Jan 1859
Wm. Vizard, of 51 Lincoln's Inn Fields, counterclaimed unsuccessfully for compensation for Preference estate in Grenada as mortgagee. It is not known whether he was principal or possibly trustee for the mortgage, but in 1820 he appeared as trustee in an indenture concerning the Maxwell family's interest in estates and enslaved people in Antigua, suggesting that this was his role in the case of Preference as well.
T71/880 Grenada claim no. 761 (Preference). Vere Langford Oliver, History of Antigua Vol. II p. 261.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Wealth at death
£40,000
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Occupation
Lawyer
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Oxford DNB Entry
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£2,824 8s 5d
Unsuccessful claimant (Mortgagee)
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51 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 Vizard', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631979 [accessed 8th November 2024].
