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Resident attorney in Jamaica, local agent of W.R. Bernard in the latter's capacity as sole executor (see notes on Jamaica (St James) claim no. 359), and latterly as a slave-owner in his own right as co-owner of Vaughansfield.
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£42 7s 5d
Awardee
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£1,257 4s 11d
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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1826 [EA] - → Executor
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Other
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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Business associates
Notes →
The two men were co-owners of Vaughansfield...
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Husband → Wife
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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:
'William Henry Knott', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43270 [accessed 9th October 2024].
