1785 - 1856
Partner with his brother John Ashton Yates and John Priestley in Yates Brothers: the three men claimed for a group of enslaved people in Trinidad.
T71/894 Trinidad no. 1893.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Merchant
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£263 7s 8d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Commercial (1) |
Partner
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Richard Vaughan Yates', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631097 [accessed 26th December 2024].
