Title:
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First name:
Coll
Middle name:
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Last name:
Turner
Aliases:
Turner
Primary cohort:
London
Sex:
Male
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Political Offices Held
No Information
Bankruptcies
No Information
Geographic experiences
No Information
Internal migrant:
No
Foreign born:
No
Supplier to slave trade voyages:
No
Creditor to slave trade voyages:
No
Philanthropy:
No
Plantation owner:
No
Sources:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632777
Douglas Hamilton, ‘Scottish Trading in the Caribbean: The Rise and Fall of Houstoun & Co.’, in Ned C. Landsman (ed), Nation and Province in the First British Empire: Scotland and the Americas, 1600-1800 (Bucknell University Press, 2001), 94-126, at pp. 105-106 and p. 120; London Gazette 13435 03/07/1792 p. 508.
Proceedings Relative to Ships Tendered for the Service of the United East-India Company from 21st of March 1792 to 26th of March 1794, pp. 549 and 733-734.
Caribbeana Vol. III p. 295.
Other Individuals
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Organisations
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Crossings (1)
Birth
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Death
Date:
1812
Location:
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Burial
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Residencies
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Universities
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Inns of Court
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Military training
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Imperial positions
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Apprenticeships
No Information
Livery company affiliations
No Information
Other business activities
No Information
Was slave trading profitable:
No
Will
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Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate):
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Courts:
Tobago
The will of Coll Turner made 03/06/1810 with a codicil of 1812 and proved [in Tobago] 09/09/1812 was summarised by Vere Langford Oliver, who shows Turner leaving monetary legacies of £1500 currency, and his three estates Kings Bay, Friendsfield and Belvidere in trust to fund £50 p.a. to each of his sisters Janet and Margaret, with the residue to the children of the two women and of a third sister Ann who 'died many years ago.' Janet Mcfarlane nee Turner's son Walter McFarlane 'carpenter' of Luss Dunbartonshire and others on 21/03/1817 sold their interest in Coll Turner's property in St Vincent, Tobago and Antigua for £10,000 to Alex. Innes of London.
Legacies
No information
