Walter Tullideph arrived in Antigua in 1726 where he joined his brother and worked as a physician. From Antigua he sent plants to Sir Hans Sloane. He acquired a plantation through marriage and by 1757 he owned land worth 30,000 pounds sterling. He also purchased Baldovan estate in Angus, Scotland, which was worth 10,000 pounds sterling.
Reference:
Douglas Hamilton, Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic World, 1750-1820 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2005), pp. 60, 130.
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