26th Sep 1720 - 16th Aug 1766
London merchant and banker. Director of the East India Company. MP for Barnstaple 1754-1766.
Second son of Claudius Amyand, brother of the MP Claudius Amyand. Educated Westminster 1729-1735. Created a baronet in 1764. Owner of La Taste estate in Grenada, which he bought shortly before his death. The complete trust will of Sir George Amyand of Carshalton Surrey proved 22/08/1766 has not been fully analysed by LBS but appears to deal with his property other than in Grenada.
Sir Lewis Namier, 'AMYAND, George (1720-66), of Laurence Pountney Hill, London, and Carshalton, Surr.', History of Parliament Online [accessed 14/09/2016]; PROB 11/921/221.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Anna Maria Corteen
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Children
Sir George Cornewall (2nd Bart.), 1 other son, 2 daughters
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School
Westminster [1729-1735 ]
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Occupation
Merchant and banker
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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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- 16/08/1766 [ED] → Owner
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Father → Son
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Grandfather → Grandson
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Carshalton House, Pound Street, Carshalton, Surrey, South-east England, England
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Laurence Pountney Hill, London, Middlesex, London, England
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Sir George Amyand 1st Bart.', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649863 [accessed 23rd April 2024].
