Thomas L. Yates

Thomas Legall (or Legal) Yates was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica in 1820 for the parish of Port Royal.[1][2]

It is unclear whether this Thomas Yates is the merchant of Kingston (1784–1835), or his uncle, also Thomas Legall Yates (1752–1832).[3]

Thomas Legal Yates appears as the purser on HMS Galatea (1776) from 1785 to 1789.[4]

  1. ^ Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821. London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13.
  2. ^ Votes of the Honourable House of Assembly of Jamaica, in a Session Begun October 31, 1820, and ended January 8, 1821.. Alexander Aikman, Jamaica, 1821. p. 3.
  3. ^ Thomas Legall Yates. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ^ "British Sixth Rate ship 'Galatea' (1776)".