Rock Reversionary and Loan Society

Firm Details

People & Investments (4)

Drector

William Peatt Litt

Director

Nevile Reid

Director

Charles Nicholas Pallmer

Director

James Hewitt Massy-Dawson

Notes

fl. 1824-1849, the Society was advertising in 1824 for proposals for the purchase of interests in real and personal property for life, for years, in perpetuity and in reversion. Of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and 14 directors in 1824, at least five appear in the compensation records : the Chairman Charles Nicholas Pallmer; William Peatt Litt; John Bourke Ricketts; J.H. Massey Dawson; and Nevile Reid.

Sources

The Edinburgh Gazette Publication date:10 September 1824 Issue:3263 Page:168

Further Information

People of Interest

Phillip Thompson

1805 - ????

Enslaved man brought to England as a domestic servant; his former owner was indicted for the mistreatment of Thompson in 1824.

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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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