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W. R. Colles of Dublin claimed unsuccessfully as judgement creditor of Robert Hayes Welch (q.v.) for the compensation for enslaved people on an estate, probably Hillside, in St Thomas-in-the-Vale Jamaica.
Letter to Commissioners 30/12/1835 from W.R. Colles, 12 Lower Ormond Quay Dublin judgement creditor in England of RHWelch.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£1,637 18s 8d
Unsuccessful claimant (Judgement creditor)
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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:
'W. R. Colles', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630503 [accessed 27th December 2024].
