John Macnamara of St Kitts

Slave-owner on St Kitts, father-in-law of the 9th Lord Cranstoun (q.v.). His son was Frederick Hayes MacNamara and his grand-daughter the actor Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett. Bankrupt in 1802 and reputedly squandered three fortunes. His partners in St Kitts were James Berridge and William Allercott.

Joseph Knight, ‘Nisbett , Louisa Cranstoun (1812–1858)’, rev. J. Gilliland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20204, accessed 16 Sept 2016]; London Gazette 15530 06/11/1802 p. 1171