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Slave-owner on Grenada and land-owner in Devon. Under his will proved 09/08/1809 'of The Retreat, Topsham Devon' he left his property in England and Grenada to his nephew Alexander Hamilton Kelso (q.v. under Alexander Hamilton Hamilton).
Sir Alexander Hamilton of the Retreat was buried at Topsham 23/06/1809.
PROB 11/1502/703.
Findmypast.co.uk, Devon Burials [online database with images].
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- 1809 [EY] → Owner
Inferred to be part of the unspecified property on Grenada left by Sir Alexander Hamilton in his will proved in 1809. |
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Street
Sir Alex Walk
description → Apparently Sir Alex Walk in Topsham was named after him,...
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Local Government
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High Sheriff
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Uncle → Nephew
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Andrew Loughnan married Mary Ann, Sir Alexander Hamilton's...
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The Retreat, Topsham, Devon, Devon & Cornwall, England
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Sir Alexander Hamilton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652115 [accessed 8th October 2024].
