I represent Sir John Lindsay. I was the Commander of the British squadron on the West Florida Coast. My command stretched over the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River to Cape Florida, and my orders were to use the naval vessels under my command to guard the coast, assist the garrisons of West Florida, and protect trade. In 1764 Governor George Johnstone appointed me to the West Florida Council, which not only advised the governor but served as the Upper House at the provincial General Assembly. My ship, HMS Tartar, was instrumental in the final trials that confirmed theories of calculating longitude, and Tartar Point is likely named after it. There was a street named after me in Pensacola, and one named after my uncle, Lord Mansfield, who was credited with ending slavery in England. I owned Lot 6 in Pensacola and built a house there. It was located at Mansfield and Cumberland Streets (now Zarragossa and Baylen), and it fronted on the bay back then. When I left for London in December 1765, I rented the house to Manuel Josephson, a Jewish merchant, and then to the West Florida Council for public use. I retained ownership until 1774, when I deeded it to Maria Belle, a woman I had previously enslaved but manumitted in 1773. I probably acquired her while I was stationed in Pensacola but I took her with me when I went back to England.
Sources: 3, 34, 12, 35, 116