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Trustee and brother-in-law of Nicholas Clements Henry (q.v.), in which capacity he was awarded the compensation for Houstons and one other estate on St Kitts.
T71/879 St Kitts Nos 5 and 686; T71/1609 from Wm Dowding No. 3 New Bank Buildings 31/10/1835: I am one of trustees of my brother-in-law Nicholas Clements Henry, please let me know the names in which the claim has been made so we can send out a power of attorney to the island. No William Dowding has been identified at this address in the London Gazette: a William Dowding does appear making Receiver of the Corn Returns c. 1820.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
Wm. Dowding
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£297 13s 9d
Awardee (Trustee)
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£1,023 11s 7d
Awardee (Trustee)
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Brother-in-laws
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New Bank Buildings, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 Dowding', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/46555 [accessed 20th April 2024].
