Talk:George Dempster of Dunnichen

His wife was the Jamaican-born Rose Heming, (for whom it would be useful to have dates- the Hemings are associated with St Ann Parish in Jamaica, but no birth date is easily available) and he seems to have bought Skibo from William Gray,who had also been in Jamaica. It may well be that the house as Dempster bought it had been built or improved with money made in Jamaica, but this would need substantiating. Since Dempster was a figure of some consequence, it's odd that thes links to the eighteenth century transatlantic slave economy don't often get mentioned Delahays (talk) 11:26, 20 December 2014 (UTC).


 * Some reference to John Evan's "The Gentleman Usher", Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, 2005 would help. Rose, younger daughter of Richard Heming, was 26 at marriage on 26 Sep 1774 in London (Evans,page 99).  She died 5 July 1810 at Skibo Castle (Perthshire Courier, 16 July 1810), though Evans makes it 10 July (Evans, p. 300).
 * George writes in his will that he was born on 27 Nov 1732 Old Style, i.e. 8 Dec New Style, but he could have been wrong.
 * Wm Gray of Skibo died in 1760; he had improved the estate having made a fortune from his Herboreal Estate, Jamaica, but found upkeep a losing battle (Evans, p. 180). Gray's widow later died, effectively bankrupt, and George bought the property at auction after its sequestration (Evans, p. 180), using funds loaned to him by Wm Pulteney. 46.208.166.123 (talk) 15:07, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

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