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Partner with Thomas Murray, Matthew Steele and George Henry Loxdale in T & H Murray of Liverpool. He and his brother Thomas sold out their interest in the firm in or before 1853, to their former partners Matthew Steele and George Henry Loxdale. To date no probate has been found for him by LBS. He was possibly the man whose death was recorded at Southampton in 1864.
London Gazette 21442 24 May 1853 p. 1468.
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British/Irish?
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£237 16s 2d
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£1,833 14s 6d
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Commercial (1) |
Name partner
Murray, Brothers and Co.
West India merchant |
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Henry Murray', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/41615 [accessed 9th November 2024].
