1738 - 1st Apr 1802
The Malcolm family have a recent entry in the ODNB that details the period of Neill Malcolm (i) or 11th of Poltalloch in Jamaica 1760-1771, building upon the mercantile foundations laid there by his cousin Dugald Malcolm, and his subsequent redeployment of slave-derived wealth in agrarian improvement and infrastructure in Britain.
Matthew Kilburn, ‘Malcolm family of Poltalloch (per. 1750–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2016 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/107421, accessed 18 Nov 2016].
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Mary Brisset (formerly Haughton or Houghton)
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Occupation
Merchant and plantation owner
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Oxford DNB Entry
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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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1771 [EA] - 1772 [LA] → Trustee
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1799 [EA] - 01/04/1802 [ED] → Owner
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1781 [EA] - 01/04/1802 [ED] → Owner
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1796 [EA] - 01/04/1802 [ED] → Owner
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1785 [EA] - 01/04/1802 [ED] → Owner
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1790 [EA] - 01/04/1802 [ED] → Owner
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1790 [EA] - 01/04/1802 [ED] → Owner
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1799 [EA] - 01/04/1802 [ED] → Owner
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1770 [EA] - 1779 [LA] → Joint owner
Shown as joint owner but possibly guardian. |
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1781 [EA] - 1781 [LA] → Judgement creditor
By an indenture dated 02/04/1781 the heirs of William Virgo conveyed Water Valley to Robert Minto, with the participation of Neill Malcolm, who appears to have previously advanced some £19,000 on the estate |
Commercial (1) |
Founder Member
British Fisheries Society
Fishing |
Physical (2) |
Country house
Poltalloch House
description → Country house on the family estate in Argyll, remodelled by Neill Malcolm 11th 'along Jamaican colonial lines.'
Matthew Kilburn, ‘Malcolm family of Poltalloch (per. 1750–1857)’, Oxford...
notes → Replaced in the...
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Infrastructure
Crinan Canal [Built]
description → Canal in the Highlands between Crinan and Ardrishaig. Neill Malcolm was one of the Committee drafting the legislation that enabled the building of the canal between 1794-1801.
Matthew Kilburn,...
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Father → Son
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Grandfather → Grandson
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Grandfather → Grandson
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Testator → Executor
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Half-brothers
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First Cousins
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Upper Seymour Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
Notes →
Neill Malcolm was at Upper Seymour Street when he made his will [proved in 1802] in 1784. |
1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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:
'Neill Malcolm 11th of Poltalloch', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146637316/ [accessed 9th October 2024].
