Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. ANT_1752_01

Dunbar v Warner

Antigua 

 

Case Name Long

John and Elinor Dunbar, William and Elizabeth Gunthorpe, and Ann Watkins, by her guardians, and Stephen Blizard, Jonas Langford, William Mackinen, Robert Christian, and John Watkins v Ashton Warner (later deceased; revived by Henry Webb), Daniel Warner, De la Court Walsh, Margaret Watkins, John Watkins, Christopher and Jane Baldwin, and Mary Watkins, by her guardian, Richard Lee

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [161] p.149–150 (14 Jan. 1752 – 7 March 1753)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.13 (1 May 1750 – 30 March 1752) p.432, 493: PC 2/102/432, 493

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  PC Register Citation

George II v.14 (1 April 1752 – 31 Dec. 1753) p.117, 129, 130, 255, 301, 322, 329, 330–331, 344: PC 2/103/117, 129, 130, 255, 301, 322, 329, 330–331, 344

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Court of Chancery – 29 Jan. 1750

 
 

Court of Chancery – 16 May 1751

 

Participants

Baldwin (Baldwyn), Christopher, respondent (husband of Jane)

 

Baldwin (née Watkins), Jane, respondent (wife of Christopher, daughter of Samuel Watkins)

 

Blizard, Stephen, esquire, appellant

 

Christian, Robert, esquire, appellant

 

Dunbar (née Watkins), Elinor, appellant (wife of John, daughter of Thomas Watkins)

 

Dunbar, John, esquire, appellant (husband of Elinor)

 

Gunthorpe (née Watkins), Elizabeth, appellant (wife of William, daughter of Thomas Watkins)

 

Gunthorpe, William, esquire, appellant (husband of Elizabeth)

 

Langford, Jonas, esquire, appellant

 

Lee, Richard, respondent (guardian of Mary Watkins)

 

Mackinen, William, esquire, appellant

 

Sharpe, John, esquire, of Lincoln's Inn (attorney for Ashton and Daniel Warner)

 

Walsh, De la Court, esquire, respondent

 

Warner, Ashton, esquire, attorney general of the Leeward Islands, respondent, later deceased

 

Warner, Daniel, esquire, deputy treasurer of Antigua, respondent

 

Watkins, Ann, spinster, appellant (daughter of Thomas)

 

Watkins, Elinor – see Dunbar, Elinor

 

Watkins, Elizabeth – see Gunthorpe, Elizabeth

 

Watkins, Jane – see Baldwin, Jane

 

Watkins, John (1), esquire, appellant (cousin of Thomas)

 

Watkins, John (2), respondent (son of Samuel)

 

Watkins, Margaret, respondent (widow of Samuel)

 

Watkins, Mary, infant, respondent (daughter of Samuel)

 

Watkins, Samuel (father of Jane [now Jane Baldwin], Thomas, John [2], and Mary)

 

Watkins, Thomas, esquire, deceased (son of Samuel, cousin of John [1], father of Eleanor [now Eleanor Dunbar], Elizabeth [now Elizabeth Gunthorpe], and Ann)

 

Webb, Henry, attorney general of the Leeward islands, respondent

 

Description

Regarding a will devising several estates for charitable uses.

Disposition

Both decrees reversed, information dismissed without costs, appellants to pay 50 pounds sterling to respondents.

Notes

The appellants’ and respondents’ printed cases are summarized, with additional footnotes about some of the parties, in Caribbeana: miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies, ed. Vere Langford Oliver (London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1909–1919), 6:68–69 (view).


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (John and Eleanor Dunbar, William and Elizabeth Gunthorpe, Anne Watkins, Stephen Blizard, Jonas Langford, William Mackinen, Robert Christian, and John Watkins v Ashton Warner, Harry Webb, Daniel Warner, Dela-Court Walsh, Margaret Watkins, John Watkins, Christopher and Jane Baldwyn, Mary Watkins, and Richard Lee)

Counsel

D. Ryder; W. Murray; A. Hume Campbell; Al. Forrester

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.34r–37v (Printed date on dorse 6 February 1753 with notes: “Touching a Devise for Charitable uses; Reversed and given in favour of the Heirs at Law.”)

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Library

Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 6 February 1753. No manuscript notes or underlining.)

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Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (John and Elinor Dunbar, William and Elizabeth Gunthorpe, Anne Watkins, Stephen Blizard, Jonas Langford, William Mackinen, Robert Christian, and John Watkins v Attorney General of the Leeward Islands by Daniel Warner, De La Court Walsh, Margaret Watkins, John Watkins, Christopher and Jane Baldwin, and Mary Watkins by Richard Lee)

Counsel

Rob. Henley; Sam. Martin

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.38r–43v (Printed/manuscript date on dorse 10 Feb 1753 with lengthy note. No other manuscript notes.)

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Library

Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Manuscript date on dorse 6 February 1753; no manuscript notes.)

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Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew

 

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