UCL

William Robertson of Carriacou

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Biography

Attorney to John Urquhart on Craigston estate in Carriacou, 1817.

  1. Letters 1804-1812 from William Robertson, manager of Craigston and Meldrum, to John Urquhart of Craigston are held in the archives at Craigston Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, including conflicting accounts of an incident from Robertson and from Rev William Nash, which resulted in the brutal punishment of enslaved people.

Sources

T71/267 pp. 208-212.

  1. H. Gordon Slade, 'Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou,1769-1841', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 114 (1984), 481-537. See http://www.islandtrees.com/IMAGES/Craigston.pdf [accessed 05/03/2020].

We are grateful to Stephen Lewis for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Associated Estates (3)

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
1804 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
Craigston Estate [ Grenada | Carriacou ]
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
Experiment Estate [ Grenada | Carriacou ]
1804 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
Meldrum Estate [ Grenada | Carriacou ]