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Senior partner in Lane, Son and Fraser, American merchants of London, which failed after his death and the assignees of which were in possession of New River estate c. 1804, according to the will of Walter Maynard the elder (q.v.) made in that year. Under a deed of 21/03/1794 the assignees of Lane, Son and Fraser (George Lee, banker of Lombard Street; George Ewing gentleman of George Street; and Thomas Latham of Tower Hill) appointed William Priddie and James Tyson of St Kitts attorneys.
Common Records 1794-1797, British Library, EAP794/1/1/25, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP794-1-1-25 pp. 36-38.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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1804 [EA] - 1804 [LA] → Not known
The assigns [assignees] of Lane, Son & Fraser where shown as in possession of New River in the will of Walter Maynard the elder made in 1804. |
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Senior partner
Lane, Son & Fraser
North American merchant |
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Father → Son
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Also business...
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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:
'Thomas Lane merchant of London', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146666793 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
