Newton Stewart (Wigtownshire)
Built 30th Nov -0001
Samuel Douglas left a reported £17,000 to build and endow the Free School at Newton Stewart. The school is now the Douglas Ewart High School, althrough the original building is an antique shop and private residence.
See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Douglas_Free_School,Newton_Stewart-geograph.org.uk-_1592173.jpg [accessed 14/03/2016] for a photograph of the building.
???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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.
