John Athill

No Dates

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Free man of colour, son of James Athill Chief Justice of Antigua, and brother of George and Samuel. Campaigner and merchant who was in London c. 1836-c. 1841.


Sources

T71/877 Antigua claim nos. 30 (Thibou's Estate), 269 (Mount Estate), 279 (Montpelier), 285 (Sawcott's), 752 and 756.

Susan Lowes, The Peculiar Class: the formation, collapse and reformation of the middle class in Antigua, West Indies 1834-1940 (PhD Columbia University, 1994), http://antiguahistory.net/uploads/3/0/5/2/3052847/lowes_part02.pdf [accessed 20/11/2012] Chapter 5 'Neither black nor white, neither slave nor free'.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Name in compensation records
John Athile
Occupation
Merchant

Associated Claims (7)

£1,708 11s 0d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual)
£13 0s 2d
Awardee
£41 8s 6d
Awardee
£2,238 2s 3d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
£1,549 4s 2d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Judgement creditor)
£943 11s 9d
Awardee
£4,194 12s 7d
Awardee (Trustee)

Relationships (2)

Brothers
Natural Son → Father

Addresses (2)

10 Brunswick Square, Islington, London, Middlesex, London, England
New City Chambers, City of London, Middlesex, London, England