3rd Mar 1775 - 7th Apr 1858
MP, partner in Wedderburn, Webster (q.v.) and slave-owner. Son and heir of John Wedderburn of Ballindean (q.v.) and his first wife Margaret Ogilvy. He was educated at the University of St Andrew's, before entering the firm Wedderburn, Webster & Co. as a junior partner in 1796.
David Wedderburn married Margaret Brown (2nd daughter of George Brown of Ellistoun, co. Roxburgh, H.M. Commissioners of Excise for Scotland). The couple had 2 sons, both of whom died young. Upon David Wedderburn's death his title passed to his younger half-brother Sir John Wedderburn.
See http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/wedderburn-sir-david-1775-1858 [accessed 09/05/2014], according to which: 'For the last 30 years of his life he was involved in a complex lawsuit which, together with the abolition of slavery, eventually ruined the family business.'
We are grateful to Roberta Wedge for her assistance with compiling this entry.
|
Absentee?
British/Irish
|
|
Spouse
Margaret Brown
|
|
Occupation
Merchant and plantation owner
|
|
The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
|
|
1803 [SY] - → Joint owner
Heir to father, John Wedderburn of Balindean's estate (including all lands in Jamaica) 1803. Blackheath jointly purchased by John Wedderburn of Balindean and his brother James Wedderburn Colvile c. 1802. Upon his death in 1808, James Wedderburn Colvile left his share to his eldest son, Andrew Colvile. Throughout the first decades of the C19th the property was managed by the firm of Wedderburn and Co. in which Andrew Covile and David Wedderburn were partners, along with their cousin John Wedderburn of Spring Garden. |
|
1815 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
|
|
1798 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
The partnership of David Webster, John Wedderburn and David Wedderburn were the mortgagees-in-possession from at least 1798 and successor partnerships until at least 1807. |
Commercial (1) |
Partner
Wedderburn, Webster
West India merchant |
Political (1) |
MP
election →
Perth Burghs Fife / Forfar / Perth
1805 - 1818 |
|
Business partners
|
|
Brother → Sister
|
|
Son → Father
|
|
Business partners
|
|
First Cousins
|
|
Half-brothers
|
|
Other relatives
|
|
Business partners
|
|
Executor → Testator
|
|
Nephew → Uncle
|
|
Executor → Testator
|
|
Trustee → Testator
|
|
Half-brothers
|
|
Executor → Testator
|
|
Inveresk Lodge, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Central Scotland, Scotland
|
1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Sir David Wedderburn 1st Bart.', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146634692 [accessed 31st December 2024].
