1785 - 1862
General Sir James Dawes Douglas, son of James Sholto Douglas of Grange Jamaica and Sarah Dawes, the daughter and co-heir of James Dawes of Rockspring Jamaica. Married Marianne Bullock 07/08/1815. He has an entry in the ODNB as 'army officer'.
H. M. Stephens, ‘Douglas, Sir James Dawes (1785–1862)’, rev. James Lunt, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7904, accessed 14 July 2017]
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Marianne Bullock
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Occupation
Soldier
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Oxford DNB Entry
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1823 [EA] - → Joint owner
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Husband → Wife
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25 Royal York Crescent, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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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:
'Sir James Dawes Douglas', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146636049 [accessed 5th December 2024].
