List of attorneys and resident managers of Barbuda

This is a list of attorneys and resident managers of Barbuda during the years that Barbuda was under the control of the Codrington family and operated as a slave estate (1738-1834).

  This along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the attorney was also resident manager for the Island.

Attorney name Manager name Dates Notes
Colonel Benjamin King 1740-1746[1]
Thomas Beech -1741
Simon Punter 1742-1743
McNish -1745 Murdered in slave rebellion of December 1745
Martin and Byam 1746-1761 Held a lease from the Codrington family
Samuel Redhead* 1761-1779
Richard Oliver 1779-1783 1779-1781 as assistant only
Richard Clarke 1779-1782
Langford Lovell 1783-1792
Dennis Reynolds 1782-1793
Joseph Walrond 1792-1797
Samuel Byam Athill 1797-1805
William Collins 1793-1801 Dismissed
William Huggins 1804 Interim
John James 1804[2]-1805[3]
John James* 1805[3]-1826[4] Died 1826, not resident after 1822
Langford Lovell Hodge 1805-1816
Samuel Martin 1809-1811 Was asked by Christopher Bethell Codrington to oversee the management of John James
John Osborn 1816-1828
Robert Jarritt 1828-1830
John Winter 1827-1830
John Winter* 1830-1836

References

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  1. ^ Tweedy, Margaret T. (1981). A HISTORY OF BARBUDA UNDER THE CODRINGTONS 1738-1833 (PDF). University of Birmingham. pp. Appendix III.
  2. ^ "The Letters of John James esq, letter of 25 September 1804".
  3. ^ a b "The Letters of John James esq, letter of 2 August 1805".
  4. ^ Oliver, Vere Langford (1899). The history of the Island of Antigua, vol 3. Mitchell and Hughes. p. 376.