???? - 1843
London merchant, partner with Andrew Jordaine, and MP for Grampound 1812-1818. They were one of a group of London merchants lending £60,000 in total to Alexander Donaldson in 1803 secured on substantial 'slave-property', mostly mortgages. Shaw was a major City figure, active at Lloyd's and instrumental in the founding of UCL.
http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/shaw-benjamin-1770-1843
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Commercial (2) |
Name partner
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Chairman
Lloyd's of London
Insurance |
Cultural (1) |
Director
University College London......
notes → Director of London University joint-stock co. and member of council...
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Political (1) |
MP
election →
Grampound Cornwall
1812 - 1818 |
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Business partners
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Mortgagee → Mortgagor
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Benjamin Shaw', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146666253 [accessed 25th November 2024].
