18th Jan 1836 | 292 Enslaved | £5733 0s 1d
Parliamentary Papers p. 49.
T71/867: awarded to Richard H[ervey?] Cox of Great Britain, owner-in-fee. Note says 'Registry by the attorney of Sir T[?] Champneys'.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): owner of Nutt's River is Sir Thomas S. Champneys, baronet.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey
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Claim No.
417
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Estate
Nutt's River
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Collected by
Cox, Richard Henry
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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:
'Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 417 (Nutt's River)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15625 [accessed 5th January 2025].
