1759 - 1831
British Army officer and slave-owner on St Kitts. Son of Ralph Payne and Margaret Gallwey. Changed his name in 1814 by adding Gallwey under the terms of the will of Tobias Wall Gallwey.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Lady Harriet Quin
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Children
William Payne-Gallwey
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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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1817 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Owner
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Father → Son
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Half-brothers
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Nephew → Uncle
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Son → Father
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Brothers
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Brothers
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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 William Payne Gallwey 1st Bart., formerly Payne', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645529 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
