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Thomas Lighton

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Deceased owner of Belair in British Guiana, for which the compensation was awarded to the sequestrators of his estate.

  1. Thomas Lighton, 'late of Donymana [sic], County Tyrone, late of the Colony of Berbice, deceased' left 22 guilders 'to the Poor's fund of this colony' [n.d., but apparently before 1834]. There is thus ambiguity about his residence. Nor is it yet clear what if any connection he had to the Lighton baronets of Ireland.

  2. Thomas Lighton's one-half of the BelAir estate was announced to be sold by auction within one year in 1832, at the behest of James Culley mortgagee.


Sources

  1. Return of Commissions of Charitable Donations and Bequests, Ireland, since 1830 p. 83.

  2. London Gazette 18968 21/08/1832 p. 1895.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?

Associated Claims (1)

British Guiana 17 (Belair)
£3,194 3s 10d
Previous owner (not making a claim)
Details

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
1825 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Joint owner
Belle Air [ British Guiana | Berbice | Berbice - West Coast ]
1828 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Owner
Belle Air [ British Guiana | Berbice | Berbice - West Coast ]