1801 - 5th Jul 1877
London lawyer, partner with Michael Clayton (q.v.), active on behalf of clients in several claims in Jamaica, and awarded with Clayton part of the compensation for Hampstead Park in St Andrew, almost certainly as trustees. Left £160,000 at death.
T71/865 St Andrew no. 390. Death-date from London Gazette 26963 03/05/1898 p. 2784; Rubinstein 1877/15.
|
Absentee?
British/Irish
|
|
Spouse
Sarah Todhunter
|
|
Wealth at death
£160,000
|
|
Occupation
Lawyer
|
|
Rubinstein
1877/15
|
|
£671 2s 4d
Awardee
|
Commercial (1) |
Partner
Clayton & Cookson
Legal |
1759 - 1820
Enslaved woman on Caliviny Estate in Grenada; also listed as a slave-owner herself.
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:
'William Strickland Cookson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/42735 [accessed 27th December 2024].
