Papers of Alexander Ferrier (c1790-c1848), plantation owner, Dutch Guiana

• Reference:GB 248 UGD 075
• Dates of Creation:1831-1848
• Name of Creator:
  Ferrier, Alexander (c1790-c1848: plantation owner)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  0.02 metres
  Some of this material is faded

• Scope and Content

  • Personal correspondence 1831-1848.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Alexander Ferrier was born in Scotland in 1790  . He moved to the Republic of Suriname (formerly known as Dutch Guiana) with his brother Robert and became a plantation owner. In 1829  he married Margaret Pearson and they had four children. He returned to Scotland in around 1835  where he built a private villa at Cardross, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, although he also owned Broomhill House. Following the collapse of the sugar trade in the 1840s  , Alexander returned to the Republic of Suriname. He died during a voyage returning to Scotland around 1848.

• Arrangement

  The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received

• Access Information

  Open

• Other Finding Aids

  Digital file level list available in searchroom.

  Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1789).

• Alternative Form Available

  No known copies

• Conditions Governing Use

  Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist

  Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

• Appraisal Information

  This material has been appraised in line with normal procedures

• Custodial History

  This material was accumulated by descendants of Alexander Ferrier from a number of unknown sources, and deposited with Economic History Department, Glasgow University, in c1964. Management of the collection transferred to Glasgow University Archives in 1975.

• Accruals

  None expected

• Related Material

  No related material

• Bibliography

  No known publications using this material

• Additional Information

  Mainly copies. The originals are probably still with the depositor

  Compiled by Jenny Cooknell, Assistant Archivist, 24 May 1999

  Title, administrative history and immediate source of acquisition or transfer notes altered by Jenny Cooknell, Assistant Archivist, 6 September 1999.

  Updated by Lesley Richmond, Acting Director, 3 March 2000

  Updated by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 28 February 2002.

  Updated by Gemma Tougher, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguin), 17 September 2012.

• Subjects

  Sugar

• Personal Names

  Ferrier, Alexander, c1790-c1848, plantation owner,

• Geographical Names

  Republic of Suriname, South America