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Counterclaimed with Thomas Wirgman (q.v.) for the compensation for the enslaved people on Woodlands in Trinidad, probably as trustees for the creditors of Colonel Edward Warner. Possibly Benjamin Coates, attorney at law of Eyton lodge Leominster in Herefordshire, who died in April 1842.
T71/894 Trinidad no. 1831A&B; T71/1305; London Gazette 20188 20/01/1843 p. 215.
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Absentee?
British/Irish?
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£622 19s 2d
Unsuccessful claimant (Trustee)
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'Benjamin Coates', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630769 [accessed 12th November 2024].
