UCL

Thomas Cuming the elder

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1813

Biography

Early slave-owner in Demerara, owner of the Garden of Eden and Ketty or Kitty estates (which he at least contemplated offering for sale in 1799 for £41,750 and £70,000 respectively) and operating transatlantically between c. 1798 and his death at Elgin in 1813. He owned Innes House, Elgin and the estate of Leuchars in the period around 1798-1801.


Sources

David Alston, Slaves & Highlanders carries a biography of Thomas Cuming and details of his family, http://www.spanglefish.com/slavesandhighlanders/index.asp?pageid=164658 [accessed 26/12/2014]; the site also gives a link to the Warrand of Bught.papers, NAS GD23/6/364, which give details of the consideration of the offer for sale in 1799, when Cuming was under financial pressure.

Further Information

Spouse
(1) Catharina Lossner (2) Isabella Fraser

Associated Estates (2)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1798 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Owner
Garden of Eden [ British Guiana | Demerara ]
1798 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Owner
Kitty [ British Guiana | Demerara ]

Relationships (1)

Thomas Cuming the elder
Father-in-law → Son-in-law
Lieutenant Colonel John Bagot
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Addresses (1)

Innes House, Elgin, Moray, North-east Scotland, Scotland
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