1803 - 1878
Son of Sir John Orde 1st bart (1751-1824), who had been Governor of Dominica in the 1780s. John Powlett Orde married first Eliza Woollery Campbell (q.v. under Eliza Woollery Orde Lady Orde nee Campbell), daughter and co-heiress of Peter Campbell of Kilmory (q.v.) in 1826. She was the co-owner by inheritance with her sister of the Holland estate and Shaws in Jamaica, together with the enslaved people attached to them: she died in 1829. John Powlett Orde built Kilmory Castle, now the HQ of Argyll & Bute Council.
Orde, Denis A. 2009 "Orde, Sir John, first baronet (1751–1824), naval officer and politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2 Jul. 2019. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-20810.
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British/Irish
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Spouse
(1) Eliza Woollery Campbell
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Children
With (1) John William Powlett Campbell-Orde
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Country house
Kilmory Castle [Built]
description → Country house, built 1828-1836 by Sir John Powlett Orde. Kilmory had belonged to the family of his wife Eliza Woollery Campbell (d. 1829), daughter of Peter Campbell (d. 1822), the owner of the...
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Eliza Woollery Orde nee Campbell d....
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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:
'Sir John Powlett Orde 2nd Bart.', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643727 [accessed 8th November 2024].
