1795 - 1875
Charles Latham (1795-1875), son and executor (with Ann Latham q.v.) of Thomas Latham and brother of Alfred Latham, Governor of Bank of England (q.v.) and Arthur Latham. Settled in Le Havre in 1829 with his French wife, Pauline Elise Delaroche, became President of the Chamber of Commerce there and was grandfather of the French aviation pioneer Hubert Latham (1883-1912).
Details on the family's French connections are at a L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales site, 'S'ecrire au XIXe siecle: une correspondance familiale', http://correspondancefamiliale.ehess.fr/document.php?id=3493 [accessed 24/04/2010].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Pauline Elise Delaroche
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£1,266 10s 1d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£3,503 18s 11d
Awardee
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£4,725 1s 0d
Awardee
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Commercial (1) |
Firm Investment
Thomas Latham & Co.
West India merchant |
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Son → Mother
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Brothers
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Son → Father
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Brothers
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Trustee → Testator
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Brothers
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Le Havre, France
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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:
'Charles Latham', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/44630 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
