UCL

William McRobbie

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica, apparently resident, dying between 1820 and 1823.

  1. Frances McRobbie, the daughter of William McRobbie of Smallwood, born in Jamaica, married 28/11/1837 at Edinburgh George Outram, the Scottish journalist who edited the Glasgow Herald between 1837 and 1856. She died in 1880.

Sources

  1. Scott, Rosemary. "Outram, George (1805–1856), journalist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 10 May. 2018. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-20961.

Associated Estates (4)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1793 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Attorney
Bushy Park [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]
1793 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Attorney
Goshen Pen and Port Henderson [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]
1809 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
Smallwood [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]
1823 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
Smallwood [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]