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James Fyffe had been a partner in Stirling Gordon (q.v.) from at least 1795 until 1828. The former partners in Stirling Gordon appear as claimants as mortgagees on two estates in Jamaica, the compensation for which was recorded as awarded only to those partners still in place in 1836.
Old Country House of the Old Glasgow Gentry LXIII 'Kenmure'; Anthony Cooke 'An Elite Revisited' gives his death-date as 1831.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£2,870 0s 5d
Beneficiary deceased (Mortgagee)
Fyffe appears with his former partners in a group of claimants as mortgagees, but the award was made in the names of the continuing partners only. He was dead by the time of compensation.
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£2,790 6s 3d
Beneficiary deceased (Mortgagee)
Fyffe appears with his former partners in a group of claimants as mortgagees, but the award was made in the names of the continuing partners only.
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Commercial (1) |
Partner
Stirling, Gordon & Co.
West India merchant |
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Business partners
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Business partners
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Business partners
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Business partners
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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:
'James Fyffe', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667131 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
