28th Mar 1836 | 216 Enslaved | £5383 18s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 312.
Baillie vs. Houston and Houston vs. Houston.
T71/880: shows Robert Houston, claimant and also counterclaim, as 'of Clerkington in Co of Haddington (Scotland), N.B.', surviving trustee and executor of Andrew Houston.
Baillie refers to Bristol Baillies (Hugh Duncan, James Evan etc.), mortgagees.
T71/1229 (counterclaims): shows Robert Houston as 'a Colonel in the service of the East India Company'.
See also St James claim no. 170 for apparent reference to this estate.
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Grenada
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Claim No.
564
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Estate
Diamond
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Beneficiary deceased
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Mortgagee)
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Executor or executrix)
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Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Grenada 564 (Diamond)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/10934 [accessed 8th November 2024].
