1772 - 1853
Resident slave-owner on St Vincent, although given as of Manchester Street, Manchester Square in the will of his mother-in-law Mary Selby Gurley, proved in 1819. His third daughter Margaret married Major-General Caledon Richard Egerton: the couple's son Sir Charles Comyn Egerton (1848-1921) is in the ODNB as 'army officer.'
Alexander Cumming of St Vincent was listed as a subscriber to Charles Shephard's An Historical Account of the Island of Saint Vincent, published in 1832.
Life-dates are from David Dobson, American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1868 p. 71, which shows him born on Rabaco [sic] in 1772 and dying on St Vincent in 1853.
Charles Shephard, An Historical Account of the Island of Saint Vincent (1832) pp. vii-xii.
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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Children
Margaret and others
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£8,926 12s 3d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£7,751 11s 3d
Unsuccessful claimant
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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:
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Shown as 'Alexander Cummins', joint owner with Alexander Cruikshank and John Smith. |
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
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1822 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
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1830 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Brother-in-laws
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Son-in-law → Mother-in-law
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Alexander Cumming', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1315215918 [accessed 19th April 2024].
