UCL

Andrew Thomson

Profile & Legacies Summary

1775 - 1820

Biography

Slave-owner in Trinidad, marrying in Scotland in 1816 and dying there in 1820.

  1. At Restalrig, [marriage of] Andrew Thomson of the island of Trinidad to Miss Mary Hutchison, daughter of the late Mr James Hutchison, architect, Dumfries.

  2. Mar. 6 [1820] Suddenly, at Dean Hall Stockbridge, [death of] Andrew Thomson of the island of Trinidad aged 45. [This appears likely to refer to Deanhaugh, Stockbridge, Edinburgh].


Sources

  1. Edinburgh Annual Register (1816) p. cccccxv

  2. Blackwood's Vol. 7 (1820) p. 119.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Mary Hutchison

Associated Estates (2)

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
1819 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Owner
Union [ Trinidad ]
1822 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Previous owner
Union [ Trinidad ]