General overseas merchant?
No notes
Partnership between David Charles Guthrie, George Clerke Cheape and Samuel Prentice as Lewen, Cheap [sic] & Co., dissolved by mutual consent 4/8/1842.
Partnership between George Clerke Cheape, James Alexander Guthrie and Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie under the firm of Chalmers, Guthrie & Co., at 9 Idol Lane, dissolved by mutual consent so far as regards George Clerke Cheape 31/12/1859.
Partnership comprised C.S.S. Guthrie (Oakfield, Dartford, Kent); M. Ulcoq (22 Pembridge Gardens); W.M. Guthrie (Stratford House, Stratford Place) and W. M. Low (Wellesbourne House, Warwick) 1898, each described as 'Merchant and Banker', offices at 9 Idol Lane, Guatemala City and Bogota.
Meeting of creditors under Companies (Consolidations) Act 1927; Members' voluntary liquidation 2/1934; and petition for winding-up presented 30/6/1934.
Chalmers Guthrie & Co. Ltd struck off the Companies House register and so dissolved May 1938.
London Gazette 20127 9/8/1842 p. 2163
London Gazette 22342 3/1/1860 p. 18
London Gazette 26939 16/2/1898 p. 1034
London Gazette 33340 23/12/1927 p. 8265; 34025 20/2/1934 p. 1184; 34067 9/2/1837 p. 947
London Gazette 34513 24/5/1938 p. 3362
1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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.
