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Will of Thomas Orde Collector of Customs of St Lucia [made in 1797] proved 29/01/1803. He had a house and land in Roseau on Dominica over which John Iggulden of Deal in Kent held security. He was concerned about the fate of prize money held in Dominica for which he had been agent [as Receiver General]. His residuary heir was his wife Mary Ann Orde then living in England, who remarried, to Charles Melvill in London in 1804 and again to William Sangwin in 1821.
'Suddenly, in the 30th year of his age, at St Pierre, Martinique, Thomas Orde, Esq. Collečter of his Majesty's Customs, Colonel of the Militia, and Receiver General of the unclaimed property in the Island of St Lucia.'
PROB 11/1385/337
Edinburgh Magazine or Literary Miscellany Vol. XIII NS (1799).
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Mary Ann
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Mortgagee → Mortgagor
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1788 - 1876
Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.
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:
'Thomas Orde', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146656159 [accessed 26th December 2024].
