Antigua 346 (Donovans)

Not listed in Parliamentary Papers. 

T71/877: claim by Wm. Boyd, as trustee and receiver of the estate of S. [almost certainly in fact J.] Donovan. Counterclaims from Benj. Parkhurst, of Norfolk Street, Strand, as judgement creditor for £160 sterling; and John Harris, as local creditor for £2275 15 6d; etc. 

Times 30/10/1823: letter from Walter Honywood Yate, Bath (Somerset), magistrate and deputy lieutenant of Gloucestershire, and brother-in-law of Mr Donovan, who was referred to in David Ricardo's will when David Ricardo indemnified the legatees up to £50,000 for costs of disputing the ownership of the Bromeberrow estate. Donovan is identified as a trustee of Walter Honywood Yate, and as a barrister who owned estates in Gloucestershire and Antigua, and who died in Antigua from yellow fever on a visit. Mrs Scott, Donovan's daughter, was his heir and executor. 

Times 18/07/1828 p. 1: Walter Honywood Yate petitioned Parliament, saying he was entitled to the estate purchased by the late David Ricardo but could not prosecute his legal suit because of the expenses.