Arthur Upton

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Biography

Comptroller of Customs of Barbados, accused with others of corruption by Robert Dinwiddie in 1743.

Will of Arthur Upton of St Michael Barbados proved 27/10/1763. He left an enslaved woman named Judah to James Straker to pay the rents etc from Judah to Mary Everson for life and then to his grandson and residuary heir Upton Law.

Sources

Douglas Hamilton (2004) Private enterprise and public service: Naval contracting in the Caribbean, 1720–50, Journal for Maritime Research, 6:1, 37-64, DOI: 10.1080/21533369.2004.9668336.

PROB 11/893/34.

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Arthur Upton

Other relatives

George Upton Law

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People of Interest

John Stewart

1789 - 14^th Mar 1860

Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.

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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:
'Arthur Upton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654477 [accessed 23rd November 2024].

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