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Slave-owner on St Kitts, father-in-law of the 9th Lord Cranstoun (q.v.). His son was Frederick Hayes MacNamara and his grand-daughter the actor Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett. Bankrupt in 1802 and reputedly squandered three fortunes. His partners in St Kitts were James Berridge and William Allercott.
Joseph Knight, ‘Nisbett , Louisa Cranstoun (1812–1858)’, rev. J. Gilliland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20204, accessed 16 Sept 2016]; London Gazette 15530 06/11/1802 p. 1171
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'John Macnamara of St Kitts', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649891 [accessed 19th April 2024].
