Newark Sugar Refining Company

Firm Details

People & Investments (3)

Partner

Alexander Campbell of Hallyards

Partner

James Campbell of Newton Lodge

Partner

Robert Dennistoun

Firm Evolutions (1)

1818 →

[London Gazette]

Notes

Heirs of the late Alexander Campbell of Hallyards and also of the late Robert Dennistoun merchants in Glasgow ceased to be concerned in the business carried on at Port Glasgow under the firm of the Newark Sugar Refining Company on 30/6/1817: surviving partner Mr James Campbell authorised to uplift the debts due the company. Signed by: Colin Campbell one of, and as attorney for, the exors of the late Alexander Campbell; Colin Campbell Factor, and one of the executors of the late Robert Dennistoun; and Jas. Campbell.

Sources

London Gazette 17361 19/5/1818 p. 913

Further Information

People of Interest

Dorothy Diana Yates (née Smellie)

???? - 29^th Aug 1873

Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.

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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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