Charles Clifton of Demerara

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Slave-owner in Demerara, born into a St Kitts family, dying before 1817 and shown as former owner of Concordia in Demerara between 1817 and 1832, father of George James Clifton and father-in-law of Claude Neilson (q.v.).

Charles Clifton's nephew Marshall Waller Clifton (1787-1861), the son of his brother Rev. Francis Clifton, was an early settler in Western Australia and has an entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography as 'civil servant, colonizer and colonial politician'.

Sources

A.C. Staples, 'Clifton, Marshall Waller (1787-1861)', http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clifton-marshall-waller-3234 [accessed 29/02/2016].

Further Information

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Children

Renee Guichard; Francis; George James

Associated Estates (1)

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

1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner

Concordia [ British Guiana | Demerara ]

Legacies Summary

Imperial (1)

Australia: Western Australia

Details

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Charles Clifton's nephew Marshall Waller Clifton, son of his brother Rev. Francis Clifton, has an entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography as 'civil servant, colonizer and colonial...

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