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Richard Walter Forbes

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1835

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

London lawyer, uncle of John Hopton Forbes (q.v.) who became his partner. Richard Walter Forbes was active in slave-related transactions for the Akers family. The will of Richard Walter Forbes of Rolvenden was proved 22/12/1835.


Sources

PROB 11/1855/61.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Claims (1)

St Vincent 463 (Jambou Vale)
£3,814 0s 9d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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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
1810 [EA] - 1810 [LA] → Trustee
Wallibo Estate [ St Vincent ]

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Partnerin predecessor firm
Forbes, Hale & Boys
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Relationships (3)

Richard Walter Forbes
Trustee → Testator
Edmund Fleming Akers
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Richard Walter Forbes
Uncle → Nephew
John Hopton Forbes
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Notes →
John Hopton Forbes became his uncle's partner in the latter's London firm of...
Richard Walter Forbes
Trustee → Beneficiary of Trust
Aretas Akers II
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Notes →
Under a deed of 03/05/1799 Aretas Akers [II] appointed Richard Walter Forbes of Ely Place as trustee of land and enslaved people on St Vincent. Deed Book 1799, British Library, EAP688/1/1/10,...

Addresses (1)

Rolvenden, Kent, South-East England, England
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