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Given as Thomas Mawburn in the Parliamentary Papers, resident claimant as co-owner (with Abraham Garnett, his son-in-law) of Cumings Lodge. Although shown as the awardee there is evidence of mercantile interception by Hall M'Garel after an earlier and apparently unsuccessful intervention by John Campbell sen. & Co. of Glasgow.
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Name in compensation records
Thomas Mawburn
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£11,834 14s 8d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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:
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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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:
'Thomas Mewburn', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/9138 [accessed 8th November 2024].
