UCL

Alexander Reid Scott

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1853

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Resident of Kingston Jamaica c 1840, when he was listed as a magistrate for the City. Apparently returned to England c. 1850.

  1. Death registered Liverpool Q1 1853; Will of Alexander Reid Scott merchant of Liverpool proved 23/04/1853. He left his estate in trust [his trustees included John White Cater of London] to liquidate it, put the proceeds in securities in England, and pay £25 p.a. to his sister Jessie Scott of Canterbury, with the remainder to his wife Eliza for life and then to their children.

  2. Alexander Reid Scott's son Charles James Cater Scott born in Jamaica c. 1843 was a director of London & County Banking Co. in 1907 and died in 1931 leaving £58,321.


Sources

Jamaica Almanac 1840.

  1. FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]; PROB 11/2171/201.

  2. National Probate Calendar 1931.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Eliza Miller
Occupation
Merchant

Associated Claims (8)

Jamaica Kingston 2350
£100 6s 4d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Jamaica Kingston 2354
£99 4s 0d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
Details
Jamaica St David 12 (Epping Farm)
£2,509 19s 9d
Awardee (Receiver)
Details
Jamaica St David 6 (Whitfield Hall)
£1,389 13s 8d
Awardee
Details
Jamaica Trelawny 183 (Orange Grove)
£990 4s 11d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Jamaica Trelawny 187 (Hague Estate)
£2,799 8s 1d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
Details
Jamaica Trelawny 188 (Clifton Estate)
£1,829 15s 5d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Jamaica Trelawny 404 ('Trelawny')
£921 1s 9d
Awardee (Administrator)
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Associated Estates (9)

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
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
Aberly Plantation [ Jamaica | St Ann ]
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
Aboukir Plantation [ Jamaica | St Ann ]
1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Receiver
Epping Farm [ Jamaica | St David ]
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
Kendal and Sedburgh (previously Dunkeld) [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1832 [EA] - → Receiver
Strawberry Hill [ Jamaica | Port Royal ]
1829 [EA] - → Attorney
Unknown [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1832 [EA] - → Receiver
urban (Kingston) [ Jamaica | Kingston ]
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
Wakefield [ Jamaica | St Ann ]
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
Whitfield Hall [ Jamaica | St David ]

Relationships (2)

Alexander Reid Scott
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Alexander Miller
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Notes →
Alexander Reid Scott married Eliza, only daughter of the late Alexander Miller, at Lyston [sic] in Essex in 1846 [American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1868 p....
Alexander Reid Scott
Testator → Trustee
John White Cater
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Addresses (1)

Liverpool, Lancashire, North-west England, England
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