James Laing

Political Legacy Details

Local Government

Notes

James Laing of Streatham was High Sheriff of Surrey in 1815

Sources

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw37756/James-Laing

Offices Held
High Sheriff Surrey 1815 - 1815 High Sheriff of Surrey 1815

Further Information

People of Interest

Elizabeth Metcalfe

1785 - 4^th Jan 1846

Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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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