Samuel Williams Haughton

Samuel Williams Haughton (1738–1793) was the speaker of the House of Assembly of Jamaica from 1778 to 1793.[1]

He was a slave-owner and the owner of the Orange Cove Estate and the Unity plantation in Hanover Parish, Jamaica.[2]

See also

References

  1. Cundall, Frank. (1915) Historic Jamaica. London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xvi-xviii.
  2. Samuel Williams Haughton. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

Further reading

  • "Hawtayne" [Haughton], Caribbeana, Vol. VI, Part 1.

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