Alexander Henderson Macdougall

Profile & Legacies Summary

1798 - 4^th May 1866

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Son of Alexander Macdougall (q.v.)

Alexander Henderson Mac Dougall [sic] Solicitor formerly of Parliament Street Westminster but lately of Charles Street died 29/04/1866 aged 68: will proven 09/06/1866 by John Mac Dougall his brother. Effects under £120,000. Buried All Souls Kensal Green 04/05/1866.

Sources

William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? 1860- (Volumes 3 and 4, manuscripts in preparation), reference 1866/44.

National Probate Calendar 1866; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

Alex. Henderson Macdougall

Wealth at death

£120,000

Occupation

Lawyer

Rubinstein

1866/44

Associated Claims (1)

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Railway Investment

Clydesdale Junction [184530]

£5000

Addresses (2)

31 Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London, Middlesex, London, England

Charles Street, St James Square, St James, London, Middlesex, London, England

Further Information

People of Interest

Eliza Down Williams (née Griffith)

28^th Mar 1802 - 6^th May 1874

Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.

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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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'Alexander Henderson Macdougall', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/44328 [accessed 23rd December 2024].

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