1799 - 1866
Alexander Morison appears as one of a group of 'heirs of Thomas Stratton' to Windsor Castle estate in St David Jamaica in 1817. This was Sir Alexander Morison (knighted in 1838), who had married the daughter of Alexander Cushnie (q.v.), and who has an entry in the ODNB as 'alienist': he was a pioneer of psychiatry. His wife (q.v., under Mary Morison nee Cushnie) brought slave-property to their marriage and funded his early life and career, including the building of Larchgrove, which later he donated to the College of Physicians in Edinburgh to fund the annual Morison lecture there.
Moore, Norman. 2004 "Morison, Sir Alexander (1779–1866), alienist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 7 Sep. 2018. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-19264.
|
Absentee?
British/Irish
|
|
Spouse
(1) Mary Cushnie; (2) Grace Young
|
|
Children
With (1) Alexander Cushnie Morison; Somerville; Jane; Sarah; Frances; Thomas Coutts
|
|
Oxford DNB Entry
|
|
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:
|
|
1817 [EA] - → Joint owner
|
Cultural (1) |
President
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh......
notes → Morison endowed the Morison Lectureship on Mental Diseases at the RCP in...
|
|
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
|
|
Husband → Wife
|
|
Larchgrove, Currie, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Central Scotland, Scotland
|
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Sir Alexander Morison', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146647349 [accessed 12th November 2024].
