1823 - 1914
London West India merchant in the post-Emancipation era and later wharfinger and dock owner. Son of James Elmslie (q.v.) and grandson of John Elmslie senior (q.v.). His first identifiable partnership, Richardson and Elmslie West India merchants of 32 Moorgate Street, was dissolved in 1843. He left £10,000 at death in 1914.
London Gazette 20289 28 November 1843 p. 4095
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Wealth at death
£10,752 4S 1D
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Commercial (2) |
Founder partner
Aug. Fred. Elmslie West India Merchant
West India merchant |
Name partner
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Cultural (1) |
Paintings
Two companion portraits by George Henry Laporte, 'Portrait of Augustus Frederick Elmslie on his hunter Whitestocking' and 'Portrait of Augustus Frederick Elmslie on his hunter Sobersides' c. 1873....
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Son → Father
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Grandson → Grandfather
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Nephew → Uncle
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Augustus Frederick Elmslie was co-excutor of the will of his uncle William in...
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Endsleigh Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Augustus Frederick Elmslie', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146663803 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
