1746 - 1816
Nephew of Robert Hamilton of Bourtreehill (q.v.). Acted as attorney and sugar factor in Jamaica 1776-1784, returning home to buy Pinmore House.
Jamaican material in the papers of Hamilton of Rozelle and Carcluie, 1734-1873 from South Ayrshire Archives https://microform.digital/map/guides/R73075.pdf [accessed 02/03/2017].
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1778 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Attorney
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Nephew → Uncle
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Uncle → Nephew
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Belleisle House, Ayr, Ayrshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland
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Pinmore House, Ayr, Ayrshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland
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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.
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:
'Hugh Hamilton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651185 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
