1789 - 1865
Awarded the compensation for the enslaved people Prospect on St Vincent with Henry Josias Stracey (q.v) as trustees of Henry Josias Stracey's sister (and Charles Heaton Ellis' sister-in-law) Emily or Emma Louisa Reece née Stracey, former wife of Charles Struth deceased and wife of Charles Cuthbert Harrison.
Son of John Thomas Ellis (MP for Lostwithiel 1784-1790) and grandson of John Heaton. Lawyer of Wyddial Hall, and agent to 4th Duke of Portland, married to Louisa, daughter of Sir Josias Stracey 4th bart. Known as Charles Ellis Heaton at the time of the compensation records.
Will of Charles otherwise Charles Arthur Hill Heaton-Ellis late of Wyddial Hall Herts., and of 49 Harley Street, who died 24/01/1865 at Harley Street proved 11/03/1865, effects under £70,000.
T71/892 St Vincent no. 505, counterclaim from Charles Ellis Heaton for self and cotrustee H.J. Stracy, for arrears of annuity of £300 a year for wife of Charles Struth Esq under marriage settlement, claim for £525. The compensation records show her as Emily Louisa.
Chetham Miscellanies Vol. 73 p. 229; http://mss-cat.nottingham.ac.uk [accessed 23/05/2012].
National Probate Calendar 1865.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
Charles Ellis Heaton
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Spouse
Louisa Stracey
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Wealth at death
£70,000
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£8,513 18s 10d
Awardee (Trustee)
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49 Harley Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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Wyddial Hall, Buntingford, Royston, Hertfordshire, South-east England, England
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Charles Heaton Ellis', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/44189 [accessed 24th April 2024].
