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Robert Crooks

Profile & Legacies Summary

1810 - ????

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Awarded the compensation for the Belmont estate with Thomas and William Crooks as joint tenants by devise under the will of James Crooks, although the compensation was clearly then intercepted by their mortgagee John Henry Noding (q.v.).

  1. Robert Crooks (b. 1810) was a man of colour, and inherited Belmont on the death of his father in 1826.

Sources

  1. Susan Elizabeth Craig-James, 'The Evolution of Tobago Society, 1838-1900', (unpublished PhD Thesis, LSE, University of London, 1995) p. 97.

Further Information

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Associated Claims (1)

Tobago 49 (Belmont)
£2,251 4s 9d
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Relationships (1)

Robert Crooks
Natural Son → Father
James Crooks of Tobago
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