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London banker, long-time head of the firm that evolved into Sapte, Muspratt and Co. (a predecessor of RBS). He counterclaimed apparently unsuccessfully as surviving partner of Vere & Ward assignees of a mortgage on the Retrieve estate in Demerara. To date no death-date or will has been found for him by LBS.
T71/887 British Guiana no. 2349.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£9,235 7s 11d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Commercial (1) |
Partner
Vere & Ward
Banker |
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Business partners
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Lombard Street, City of London, Middlesex, London, England
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'John Vere', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/309443312 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
