Dr William Wright

President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 1801-1803, and formerly partner with Dr Thomas Steel (q.v.), with whom he reportedly built Orange Hill. His involvement in Orange Hill formed part of his original entry in the Dictionary of National Biography but is omitted from his current ODNB entry, which however acknowledges his slave-ownership, saying: 'During these years [1764-1777] he became financially successful by investing the income from his medical practice in slaves and land. In mid-1765 he and Thomas Steel owned four slaves, in 1767 fifteen slaves, by 1771 thirty-three slaves. When their joint property was finally sold following the death of Thomas Steel in 1784, the income gained was sufficient to allow Wright "immunity from application to professional employments" (Memoir of the Late William Wright, [p.] 75). He was appointed surgeon-general of Jamaica in 1774.'

https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/biographies-glossary/w [accessed 02/01/2020]; DNB Vol. 63, George Simonds Boulger, 'Wright, William (1735-1819) physician and botanist'; Saakwa-Mante, Norris D. "Wright, William (1735–1819), military physician and naturalist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep. 2004; Accessed 2 Jan. 2020. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30067.