Robert Williams Pickwoad

1776 - 1834


Biography

Chief Justice of the Leewards. He was the eldest son of Robert Pickwoad, a London merchant who died of Egham in Surrey c.1807. Robert Pickwoad left his house and land at Egham to his wife for life, then to Robert Williams Pickwoad, and left £1000 each to his wife, two daughters and younger son George with the provision in the case of the daughters that the money remain in his business Robert Pickwoad & Son at 4% p.a: all his personal estate as divided between his wife and younger children [implying Robert Williams Pickwoad was adequately provided for in his father's view].


Sources

Will of Robert Pickwoad of Egham Surrey proved 20/08/1807, PROB 11/1466/178.


Further Information

Spouse
Sophia Pickwood nee Pogson

Associated Estates (1)

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
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Relationships (2)

Husband → Wife
Other relatives
Notes →
Walter Williamson was the father-in-law of R.W. Pickwoad's son Edwin. This relationship was given by Reid Irving in a letter introduced by Benjamin Buck Greene in his evidence to the 1848 Committee...