William
Urquhart of Craigston
formerly Urquhart
Born in King Edward, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Brother of
Margaret (Urquhart) Forbes-Leslie, Eleanor Jane (Urquhart) Clegg and Francis Gregor Urquhart
Husband of
Mary (Fraser) Urquhart
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Isabella (Urquhart) Pollard
Died
at about age 46
in King Edward, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Sep 2017
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Biography
William (Urquhart) Urquhart of Craigston is a member of Clan Urquhart.
William Urquhart was born in King Edward parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1801, the son of John Urquhart and Isabella Moir.[1]
William was one of the absentee proprietors of the Craigston and Meldrum Estates on the Island of Carriacou in the Caribbean.[2]
In 1833 he received compensation from the British Government when slavery was abolished. He owned two estates in Grenada [3]
William Urquhart of Craigston passed away in King Edward parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom on the 25th of March 1847.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Scotlands People, Old Parish Registers Index, Baptism>SearchName: URQUHART,WILLIAM s/o JOHN URQUHART & ISOBELLA MOIR; FR237 (FR237); Sex:M; Date:14/09/1801; Ref:210/,10 265; Place:King Edward.
- ↑ H Gordon Slade,"Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou, 1769-1841," Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 114 (1984); online archives, Archaeology Data Service (http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_114/114_481_537.pdf): 27 September 2015, after p 18.
- ↑ 'William Urquhart of Craigston, d. 1847', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, view [accessed 25th November 2020].
- ↑ Scotlands People, Old Parish Registers Index, Death>SearchName: URQUHART,WILLIAM; -----; Sex: M; Date: 25/03/1847; Ref: 210/,20 329; Place:King Edward.
See Also:
- Caribbean Slavery
- Wikipedia contributors, "Craigston Castle," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Craigston_Castle&oldid=849922313 (accessed January 5, 2019).
- Reference to slavery>Slavery
- Hetty Tayler (1946). History of the Family of Urquhart. Aberdeen University Press.
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