Alexander oversaw the operation of Pemberton Valley plantation, as well as acting proprietor of five other Jamaican estates. Hugh's replacement in Jamaica was his second cousin, Alexander West Hamilton, the son of John Hamilton, who arrived in Jamaica in 1783 and stayed there for over thirty years. Later he acquired the land near Rozelle which became the Belleisle Estate. At the end of the American revolutionary war, in 1784, Hugh returned permanently to Scotland and bought Pinmore House, south of Girvan. During the American War of Independence, Hugh Hamilton arranged for shipments from Jamaica to Scotland to be handled by the prominent Glasgow firm of Alexander Houstoun & Co., which had armed vessels to ward off enemy depredations. His work in Kingston was assisted by his brother Peter. He oversaw the shipment of sugar to Glasgow, Leith and London. By 1776 he was established in Kingston as a Factor. Another forty slaves were added by 1780.Īfter Robert Hamilton's death, his nephew Hugh Hamilton (1746-c.1816) took over the management of Pemberton Valley and the Rozelle Plantation. When Robert Hamilton, with no male heir, died in June 1773, Rozelle plantation had 185 slaves. Montgomery later sold a half share in the plantation to Hamilton's stepson, William Hunter of Mainholm, Ayrshire. In 1763, Robert wished to retire, and Charles Montgomery, a neighbour in Ayrshire who had been a merchant in Kingston, bought the Rozelle Plantation in Jamaica for £6,000. He had by then built his Adam style Mansion on the Alloway lands, and named it after the Rozelle plantation. In 1760 Robert, then a widower, married Anne Cunninghame, a widow with two sons. In 1754, he bought the lands in Alloway, and sent his nephew John Hamilton (1739-1821) out to manage his Jamaican estates. In 1744, Robert Hamilton, his wife and their four daughters left Jamaica and returned to Bourtreehill, Ayrshire. They participated in the slave trade consigned sugar from their plantations to London and Glasgow and conveyed provisions - Madeira wine, tallow candles, metalware and mosquito nets - by sloops from Kingston to their plantations. Robert and his brother John (1702-39) lived in Jamaica as merchant-planters in Kingston. He married Jean Mitchell, a planter's widow, soon after arriving in Jamaica in 1734, and through this marriage, became co-owner of two Jamaican plantations, Pemberton Valley and La Rochelle - or Rozelle. Robert was the son of Hugh Hamilton of Clongall, a merchant of Ayr. In 1754, to reduce the Burgh debt, the Barony lands were sold for £2000, and a large part of them was purchased for £535 by Robert Hamilton of Bourtreehill.
Originally, the Royal Burgh of Ayr held the land as part of the Barony of Alloway. If you have any enquiries about Rozelle House, South Ayrshire Council's museum collections, our exhibitions and events, or if you are interested in exhibiting with us, please contact us using the telephone number or email below. Rozelle House also hosts the Ayrshire Yeomanry Museum, a small exhibition that tells the story of their history through a display of their archives, artefacts and original costume. A selection of these works is on display all year you can see all 54 works online on our Museums at home page. Hunter Charitable Trust, The Fraser Foundation and the Souter Foundation, and they are now part of our permanent collection. This narrative cycle of 54 paintings was purchased by South Ayrshire Council with funding provided by the T.B.
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Rozelle House is home to Scottish Artist Alexander Goudie's magnificent series of paintings inspired by Robert Burns' famous poem 'Tam o' Shanter'. This means we can display and exhibit South Ayrshire Council collections, as well as host exhibitions and objects on loan from other places. Rozelle House has been an Accredited Museum - the UK industry standard for museums and galleries - since 2003. Located in picturesque Rozelle Park, Ayr, Rozelle House Museum and Galleries displays objects, artefacts and works of art from the South Ayrshire Council collections, as well as offering a changing programme of exhibitions, events and activities. Please use 01292 445447 if you are trying to reach Rozelle House or The Maclaurin Art Gallery.
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