Stewart Kyd

London lawyer with an entry in the ODNB as 'radical and legal writer.' Stewart Kyd of Grays Inn was party with his wife Eleanor formerly Anson widow to a deed of 27/03/1788 with Robert Glasgow (q.v.) under which Robert Glasgow confirmed to the couple an annuity of £80 p.a. to Eleanor Kyd (then Anson). Valentine Morris (q.v.) as Governor had transferred the land [and presumably enslaved people attached to it, although the deed does not say this] to Robert Glasgow in 1777 on condition that Robert Glasgow granted an annuity of £80 p.a. to Eleanor Anson. Robert Glasgow had then sought and gained a confirmation of the transfer to him after it had been declared invalid by virtue of lack of approval for the original transfer by HM Council; and the deed of 1788 reiterated his promise of the annuity.

Goodwin, Gordon, and Stephen M. Lee. "Kyd, Stewart (1758-1811), radical and legal writer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep. 2004; Accessed 24 Aug. 2020. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-15815 (the entry makes no mention of his wife or of Kyd's connections to slavery); Deed Book 1788, British Library, EAP688/1/1/3, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-3 pp. 55-61.