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Trustee with George Cowell for John Cowell, after the latter made a loan to William White jun. secured on the Hopewell estate, of which the trustees took 'possession and management.' Probably but not certainly the distiller Felix, later Sir Felix, Booth (1775-1850), who had an entry in the original DNB as 'promoter of Arctic exploration'.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£1,652 7s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant (Trustee)
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1834 [EA] - → Trustee
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Founding director
London Joint Stock Bank
Banker notes → Sir Felix Booth was a member of the initial Board of Directors of The London Joint Stock Bank in...
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Trustee → Beneficiary of Trust
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Felix Booth and George Cowell were appointed trustees and took management and possession of the Hopewell estate in Jamaica after John Cowell advanced £2700 to William White jun. secured on the...
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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:
'Felix Booth', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146634200 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
