1761 - 1817
Co-heir with his siblings of of Richard Willis of Grenada (q.v.) and then heir of his brother Richard Legge Willis. The extent if any of the family's inheritance of 'slave-property' from Richard Willis is not yet known: it appears that their father died there fighting the French after his bankruptcy in London two years earlier.
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The sitter is James Willis, here, as Consul-General of Senegambia, examining a plan inscribed BAMBOUK and signed J. RENNEL / 1798. He is dressed in a white powdered wig, tied with a black silk...
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Consul General
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James Willis was co-heir and administrator of the will of his father Richard...
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'James Legge Willis', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146658373 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
