Alexander McGregor

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Biography

Co-trustee with Benjamin Greig (q.v.) for 'the heirs of A. Richie'.

Benjamin Greig at least was trustee for the creditors of Messrs Ritchie and Wardrop of Trinidad, Archibald Ritchie of Port Glasgow and William Wardrop of Glasgow in 1820.

Sources

Edinburgh Gazette, Issue 2820, 07/07/1820, p. 204.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

Alexander M'Gregor

Associated Claims (1)

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People of Interest

David Barclay

1729 - 1809

Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica

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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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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Alexander McGregor', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/44516 [accessed 5th April 2026].

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