Edward Hosier Williams

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 24^th Oct 1844

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

London lawyer, awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on Courland estate in Tobago as trustee of the legal estate of Sir Christopher B. Codrington.

Letters of administration of the personal estate of Edward Hosier Williams, of Eaton Mascott Shropshire and of 9 Lincolns Inn who died 24/10/1844 granted 18/03/1875, effects under £1500.

Sources

T71/891 Tobago no. 32; Edward Hosier Williams trustee of legal estate of Sir Chris B. Codrington.

National Probate Calendar 1875.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Wealth at death

£1,500

Occupation

Lawyer

Associated Claims (1)

Further Information

People of Interest

James Evan Baillie

1781 - 14^th 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.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'Edward Hosier Williams', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/44302 [accessed 1st February 2025].

UCL History Dept