UCL

Robert Dodson

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1830

Slave-owner and antecedent of claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Previous owner of Plantation Phoenix and Litchfield in British Guiana, a merchant in Lancaster in Ridley and Dodson who had also been a partner in a firm in Stabroek. He was bankrupt in 1811.

  1. The Robert Dodson of Liverpool whose will (made in 1822) was proved 11/03/1831 is probably the same man, but the will is uninformative.

Sources

London Gazette 16651 29/09/1812 p. 1999; ibid., 17034, 04/07/1815 p. 1331

  1. PROB 11/1782/370.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Occupation
Merchant

Associated Claims (1)

British Guiana 289 (Litchfield and Phoenix)
£7,659 1s 0d
Other association
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Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Owner
Litchfield and Phoenix [ British Guiana | Berbice ]
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Quakers Hall [ British Guiana | Demerara ]

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Name partner
Ridley & Dodson
General overseas merchant?  
 
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Relationships (2)

Robert Dodson
Brothers
John Dodson
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Notes →
Probably but not certainly...
Robert Dodson
Business partners
Jacob Ridley
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Addresses (2)

Lancaster, Lancashire, North-west England, England
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Liverpool, Lancashire, North-west England, England
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