30th May 1836 | 11 Enslaved | £337 1s 9d
Parliamentary Papers p. 151.
T71/891: claim by Gunn, Guthrie and Cheape as trustees during the minority of Frances Weston. James Gunn died in Tobago c. 1843 (note in the Register of Claims about replacing him as a trustee.)
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Tobago
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Claim No.
125
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Trustee)
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Awardee
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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:
'Tobago 125', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/28044 [accessed 26th April 2024].
