???? - 1788
Banker and MP, head of Smith, Payne & Smith, the banking firm that was already a creditor in the slave-economy at his death and then deepened its involvement over the next 30 years.
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/smith-abel-1717-88
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Banker and politician
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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:
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1776 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
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Commercial (1) |
Senior partner
Smith, Payne & Smith
Banker |
Political (1) |
MP
election →
Aldborough Yorkshire
1774 - 1778 election →
St. Ives Cornwall
1780 - 1784 election →
St. Germans Cornwall
1784 - 1788 |
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Business partners
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Grandfather → Grandson
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Father → Son
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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:
'Abel Smith of Nottingham', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667411 [accessed 21st November 2024].
