22nd Jan 1759 - 1st Jan 1829
The first son of Alexander Willock of Antigua and Putney Park, Middlesex, a London merchant. Francis was a partner (for a period) with his father In 1785 he married Frances, 1st daughter of Charles Gore of Tring. They were the parents of Frank Gore Willock (q.v.) and of Sir Henry Willock (q.v.) The latter was described as heir at law of 'Francis Willock' in two claims. Francis Willock died in Southampton in 1829.
R. L. Arrowsmith (comp.), Charterhouse Register 1769 -1872 (London & Chichester, Phillimore, 1974). Thanks to Catherine Smith, Charterhouse Archivist, for this reference.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Frances Gore
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Children
Frank Gore; Alexander Charles; Frederick; Arthur; Edward Hulse
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School
Charterhouse [1771-1774 ]
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£1,842 17s 7d
Beneficiary deceased
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£1,246 18s 11d
Beneficiary deceased
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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:
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1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Heir-at-law
Heir-at-law and administrator of Alexander Willock |
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1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Administrator
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1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Administrator
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1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Heir-at-law
Heir-at-law and administrator of Alexander Willock |
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1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Heir-at-law
Heir-at-law and administrator of Alexander Willock |
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1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Heir-at-law
Heir-at-law and administrator of Alexander Willock |
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Father → Son
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Brother → Sister
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Father → Son
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
The Buff Bay plantation was a sugar estate next to the Buff Bay River, south of Charlestown in Jamaica. By 1839, the estate was 840 acres.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2023
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Francis Willock', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631170 [accessed 28th November 2023].
