1772 - 1852
'Comte de Thiard' pursued on appeal to the Privy Council the compensation for the enslaved people on Mount Parnassus on Grenada. It is not yet know on what he based his claim.
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Absentee?
'Foreign'
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Name in compensation records
Comte de Thiard
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£3,877 2s 6d
Unsuccessful claimant
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'Comte de Thiard de Bissy', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630807 [accessed 18th April 2024].
