No Dates
Awarded the compensation for Mt Dillon and one other smaller award in Tobago, and unsuccessfully claiming for the Hermitage estate there, all as devisee of Charles Desvignes.
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Absentee?
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Name in compensation records
Eliza, widow Desvignes
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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£257 17s 4d
Awardee
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£641 2s 10d
Awardee
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£2,518 15s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant
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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:
'Eliza Desvignes', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/27533 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
