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Daughter of Honore-Marie Gaillard de Laubenque (owner of Malgre Tout in St Lucia, who died after compensation had been awarded but before he could collect the compensation). A letter from Jacques and Louise from Bordeaux, France, where they are currently residing, gives their oath that the father died intestate and that Louise and her two siblings are the only heirs.
T71/1042 St Lucia claim no. 487.
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Absentee?
'Foreign'
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Maiden Name
Gaillard
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Name in compensation records
Louise Marie Rene Chaumont née Gaillard
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Spouse
Jacques Nicolas Alexander Chaumont
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£2,682 5s 4d
Awardee
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Sister → Brother
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Sister → Brother
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Bordeaux, France
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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:
'Louise Marie Rene Chaumont (née Gaillard)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/26321 [accessed 25th December 2024].
