1796 - 1864
Mauritius merchant, bankrupt in 1832 but re-inventing himself as the Secretary of the Great Western Railway from 1833-1863. The decision to hire him was 'perhaps the most important of all in the history of the Great Western Railway...[he] proved more influential than any other in making the Great Western Railway a success.'
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Charles_Alexander_Saunders [accessed 03/06/2017]; Andrew Roden, Great Western Railway: A History.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Commercial (1) |
Secretary
Great Western Railway
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Brothers
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Also business partners until their bankruptcy in...
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The Lodge, Westbourne Park, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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:
'Charles Alexander Saunders', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652657 [accessed 25th November 2024].
