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Partner in the firm of George and Robert Dennistoun & Co. of Glasgow. The firm carrying his name was shown as owner of enslaved people in St Kitts in the mid-1820s, but he was not among the partners listed in 1817, nor in a deed of 1794.
London Gazette 17247 3/5/1817 p. 1067; Common Records 1794-1797, British Library, EAP794/1/1/25, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP794-1-1-25 p. 324.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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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:
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1825 [EA] - 01/05/1827 [ED] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1824 [EA] - 1824 [LA] → Buyer
G & R Dennistoun bought 66 enslaved people at a Marshal's sale in the Virgin Islands and shipped 57 to Trinidad in 1824. |
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1825 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
George and Robert Dennistoun & Co., owners |
Commercial (1) |
Name partner
George & Robert Dennistoun & Co.
West India merchant |
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Business partners
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Business partners
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1787 - 8th Apr 1844
Yorkshire landowner.
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:
'George Dennistoun', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146635338 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
