Robert Dent

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1835

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Partner in Rickards Mackintosh, which failed in 1833.

Will of Robert Dent of Bishopsgate Street proved 16/04/1835. The will, made in 1831 before the failure of his firm, left his stake in the estate and mines of Arva in Colombia to Thomas Wilkinson of Fitzroy Street, subject to payment of the balance of the purchase price: he also pledged to Wilkinson to pay any indebtedness he owed him out of Dent's share in Rickards Mackintosh. Everything else he left to his wife Charlotte.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Charlotte

Associated Claims (2)

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Partner

Rickards, Little
East India merchant

Relationships (3)

Robert Dent

Business partners

Robert Rickards

Robert Dent

Business partners

Robert Dent

Business partners

Further Information

People of Interest

David Barclay

1729 - 1809

Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica

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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:
'Robert Dent', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651545 [accessed 31st December 2024].

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