1808 - 1883
Eldest son of John Hosack (q.v.) and his wife Jean Tinning. Baptised in Tinwald, Dumfries, 09/09/1808. Inherited Buff Bay River from his father who died c. 1816 but not to assume management of the estate until he reached age 26. He remained in Jamaica at least until the Morant Bay uprising, but was in Britain by 1881.
GROS OPR Births 849 010 014. See entry for his father John Hosack for a precis of his will. He appears to have been buried in Dumfriesshire in 1883.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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£2,186 5s 1d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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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1834 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1816 [EA] - 1834 [EY] → Trust beneficiary
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1839 [EA] - → Not known
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Son → Father
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Brother-in-laws
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Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland
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63 Elsham Road, Kensington, London, Middlesex, London, England
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'William Hosack', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/24421 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
