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Alexander Buchanan

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica, apparently resident but with Glasgow connections, dead by 1815. The confirmation of his widow Jean Logan was dated 19/12/1823 at Glasgow. Alexander Buchanan, born in Glasgow 03/10/1810 'the son of a Scots coffee planter in Jamaica' was an early settler in South Australia and is identified in genealogical sources as the son of Alexander Buchanan of Newport: LBS has not verified this.


Sources

David Dobson, Scots in the West Indies Vol. I p. 84; http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=5248 [accessed 17/08/2019]. Alexander Buchanan in South Australia was an agent for Frederick Hansborough Dutton, who with his brothers has an entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography as pastoralists, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dutton-frederick-hansborough-2240 [accessed 17/08/2019].

Further Information

Absentee?

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
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
Invermay / Arthur's Seat [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
Newport Plantation [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

Legacies Summary

Imperial (1)

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Australia: South Australia 
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Alexander Buchanan, a pioneering settler in South Australia, was born in Glasgow in 1810, 'the son of a Scots coffee planter in Jamaica'. Online genealogical material identifies him as the son of...
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http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=5248 [accessed 17/08/2019]. Alexander Buchanan in South Australia was an agent for Frederick Hansborough Dutton, who with his brothers has an entry in...

Relationships (1)

Alexander Buchanan
Testator → Executor
Jane Buchanan
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