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Glasgow merchant, name partner in Robert Dunmore & Co. Bankrupt c. 1796 but an early investor in cotton and iron manufacturing in and around Glasgow. Among other involvements in slave-owership Robert Dunmore and his partners (William Cunningham or Cuninghame, Thomas Crawford, Adam Lightbody and Patrick Dougall) were shown as in possession of the Hermon Hill estate in St Mary Jamaica 1782-1788 and as mortgagees-in-possession of Union estate in St Mary 1785-1792. Both estates had belonged to Charles Kelsall. The firm was also a creditor of Alexander Findlater (q.v.) and bought his estate in 1784.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Merchant
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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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1788 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Owner
Robert Dunmore & Co. had been creditors and reportedly bought the estate in 1784 for £17,500. |
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1780 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Joint owner
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1783 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1782 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Not known
Robert Dunmore & co. of Glasgow were shown as having taken possession of the Hermon Hill estate between 1782 and 1788. |
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1788 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
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1781 [EA] - 1781 [LA] → Joint owner
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1788 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Other
Roslin was shown as in possession of Robert Dunmore & Co. of Glasgow 1788-1792, probably as mortgagees. |
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1785 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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Commercial (2) |
Firm Investment
Ballindalloch Mill Co.
Cotton Mill |
Name partner
Robert Dunmore & Co.
West India merchant |
1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'Robert Dunmore of Ballindalloch', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649299 [accessed 31st December 2024].
