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James Oswald MP

Profile & Legacies Summary

1715 - 1769

Biography

MP and Lord of Trade, mortgagee of 'slave-property' in Grenada.

  1. In the will of James Oswald proved 31/01/1769 he left £2000 secured on property in the Granadoes [sic] to his brother Henry Oswald and then to his daughters (this appears to have been his major asset). His residuary heir was Mrs Leonora Robinson Lytton.

Sources

https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/oswald-james-1715-69

  1. PROB 11/945/308.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1766 [EA] - 1769 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
Montreuil Estate [ Grenada ]

Legacies Summary

Political (1)

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