William James of Liverpool

Profile & Legacies Summary

1735 - 1798

Biography

Liverpool merchant and slave-owner, grandfather of William James MP (q.v.).

Will of William James of Liverpool [made 23/09/1797] proved 16/02/1798. Under the will he left his son John James his house in Clayton Square in Liverpool, £20,208 10s 3d in 5 per cent stock, and an annuity of £1000 p.a.. He left his daughter Alathea Walker £1000; and his grandson also called John James his house in Ranelagh Place and £10,000 at 24. The rest of his estate he left to accumulate for the benefit of his grandson William James with remainder to other family members. Among his executors was his son-in-law Richard Walker, whom he asked to take on the management of his plantations and estates in Jamaica for the benefit of his [the testator's] heirs.

Sources

PROB 11/1302/176.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Married but no further details

Associated Estates (6)

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

1796 [EA] - 1797 [LA] → Owner

Cambridge Pen [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

1799 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Previous owner

Cambridge Pen [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

1794 [EA] - 1797 [LA] → Owner

Clifton Hill [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

1799 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Previous owner

Clifton Hill [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

1794 [EA] - 1797 [LA] → Owner

Marlborough Mount [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

1799 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Previous owner

Marlborough Mount [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Relationships (3)

William James of Liverpool

Grandfather → Grandson

William James MP

William James of Liverpool

Grandfather → Grandson

Richard Watt Walker

Notes →

Richard Watt Walker was shown as his grandson in the will of William James of Liverpool made in 1797 and proved in...

William James of Liverpool

Father-in-law → Son-in-law

Notes →

Richard Walker's second wife Alethea or Alathea James was the daughter of William James of...

Addresses (2)

Clayton Square, Liverpool, Lancashire, North-west England, England

Finch House, Finch Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, Merseyside, North-west England, England

Further Information

People of Interest

Colin Campbell Lloyd (née Baillie)

1781 - 1830

Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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.

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CITING THIS RECORD:
'William James of Liverpool', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650003 [accessed 25th November 2024].

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