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Merchant, partner in J. T. & A. Archibald (q.v.) of Glasgow and its affiliates in Demerara and Liverpool until 1815. A man of the same name, given in some sources as Alexander Falconer of Brownyside, died in Glasgow in 1842 leaving personalty of some £55,000 in Scotland: according to genealogical material online, this man had reportedly been in British Guiana where Thomas Telfer Falconer - reportedly the son of Alexander Falconer and Martha Ann Ritchie Telfer - was born c. 1813. Martha Ann [Ritchie] Telfer (q.v.) was previously in a relationship with John Douglas (q.v.).
London Gazette 17001 8 April 1815 p. 662.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Partner
John, Thomas and Archibald Douglas & Co.
West India merchant notes → Partner until...
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Extra-marital relationships
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Speculative...
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Alexander Falconer', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667203 [accessed 24th December 2024].
