P_10433_2890 – William Peatt Litt
D.O.B: 1769
D.O.D: 1840
William Peatt Litt (1769-1840), London West India merchant with four slaving voyages from London between 1797 and 1803 and 22 from Liverpool between 1798 and 1807, partner with Joseph Timperon (q.v.) and Jonathan Harrison (q.v.) in London. He appears to have moved to Jamaica in the 1820s and then returned to Britain, becoming bankrupt in 1831 and dying in London in 1840. His attornies claimed unsuccessfully for the compensation for the enslaved people on Stanhope in Clarendon. He appears to have part-owned Spring Vale in St James and Green Park in Trelawney in the late 1820s and early 1830s, the compensation for which was paid to his former partner William Harrison. William Peatt Litt was shown at 50 Berkeley Square in 1818 and 1820 and as the occupier at 42 Kensington Square in 1838. The death of William Peatt Litt was registered Q3 (June) 1840 at Kensington. He was buried 17/6/1840 at St Mary Abbotts Kensington aged 71.
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First name:
William Peatt
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Last name:
Litt
Aliases:
Litt, William, Litt, W
Primary cohort:
London
Sex:
Male
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Political Offices Held
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Bankruptcies
2
Commisson of Bankruptcy versus William Peatt Litt, John Joseph Harrison and William Harrison [21/06/1831], the latter's certificate to be allowed and confirmed 09/09/1831.
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Plantation owner:
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Sources:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/730472069
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Crossings (4)
Birth
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1769
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Death
Date:
1840
Location:
London (Middlesex)
Burial
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17/06/1840
Location:
London (Middlesex)
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Residencies
42 Kensington Square, Kensington
London (Middlesex)
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26 Philpot Lane
City of London (Middlesex)
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Occupation:
Merchant – West Indies
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Was slave trading profitable:
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