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Thomas Campbell of Grenada and Demerara

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1795

Biography

Brother and partner of John Campbell senior of Morriston (q.v.), dying in Demerara in 1795, and described by Stephen Mullen as the architect of John Campbell sen. & Co.'s early expansion in the Caribbean.


Sources

Stephen Mullen, The ‘Glasgow West India interest: integration, collaboration and exploitation in the British Atlantic World, 1776-1846' (2015) pp. 77-81.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic

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
1798 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Previous owner
Plns Ann's Grove and Two Friends [ British Guiana | Demerara ]

Two Friends was shown as belonging to to Thomas Campbell by David Alston and to 'Campbell' in 1798. David Alston showed Thomas Campbell as also owning Cellsborough and Success, neither of which has been traced further to date.

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Partner
John Campbell sen.
West India merchant  
 
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