UCL

Robert Shaw

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Slave-owner and attorney in Jamaica, apparently dying c. 1820, after which his enslaved people on Shaw's were sold off. His heir-at-law was Sir Orford Gordon (q.v.).

Further Information

Absentee?

Associated Estates (6)

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
1823 [EA] - → Other
Christiana [ Jamaica | Manchester ]

Previous owner of enslaved people moved to this estate.

Other
Hill Side [ Jamaica | St Dorothy ]

Previous owner of the enslaved people sold to this estate.

1809 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
Shaw's View [ Jamaica | St Dorothy ]
1823 [EA] - → Previous owner
Shaw's View [ Jamaica | St Dorothy ]
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
Unknown [ Jamaica | St Dorothy ]
1823 [EA] - → Other
Unknown [ Jamaica | St Dorothy ]

Relationships (1)

Robert Shaw
Deceased → Heir-at-law
Sir Orford Gordon 9th Bart.
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Sir Orford Gordon was characterised as the heir-at-law of Robert Shaw in the compensation records. To date LBS has not traced further the connection between the two...