General John Gustavus Crosbie

Profile & Legacies Summary

1765 - 1843

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on Crosbie's in Antigua and for White's on St Kitts (where he appears as John G. Crosbie). Son of Charles Crosbie (d. c. 1807) and nephew of Major-General William Crosbie (d. c. 1798) MP and John Crosbie of Antigua.

Married Frances Page White Thomas, daughter of George White Thomas MP [for Chichester 1784-1812] and Frances Page, through whom he inherited White's on St Kitts and Watergate House; knighted 1837, died 1843. Watergate House sold by auction after Sir John Gustavus Crosbie's death.

Sources

T71/877 Antigua claim no. 26 Sir Gen John Gustavus Crosbie Watergate House nr Petersfield; T71/879 St Kitts claim no. 316; will of Charles Crosbie General in HM's Army and Colonel of the 53rd Regiment of Foot proved 26/03/1807, PROB 11/1457/293; History of Parliament, P.A.Symonds, 'William Crosbie c. 1740-1798) of Upper Seymour Street Marylebone [MP for Newark 1790-1796] http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/crosbie-william-1740-98 [accessed 30/07/2015].

Victoria History of Sussex, vol. 5 (i) Barnham Court, pp. 105-17; Times 30/05/1844, p. 12.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Frances Page White Thomas

Children

5 daughters, 4 sons, including John Gustavus, William Adolphus

Occupation

Soldier

Associated Claims (2)

Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1821 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Heir-at-law

Crosbie Estate, Dickenson Bay [ Antigua ]

Although the path to ownership is not fully clear, it appears that Crosbies had belonged to John Crosbie, uncle of Sir John Gustavus Crosbie, and that William Crosbie (d. c. 1798), a second uncle of Sir John Gustavus Crosbie, was the mortgagee of his brother's estate.

1822 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Whites estate [ St Kitts | St Mary Cayon ]

Relationships (3)

General John Gustavus Crosbie

Nephew → Uncle

John Crosbie

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General John Gustavus Crosbie

Nephew → Uncle

General William Crosbie

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Notes →

General William Crosbie left his estate in trust, subject to several annuities to his female family members, to his brother Charles Crosbie and then to Charles' son John Gustavus Crosbie....

General John Gustavus Crosbie

Son-in-law → Father-in-law

George White Thomas

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