Edward Jervis Jervis (ne Ricketts), 2nd Viscount St Vincent

Profile & Legacies Summary

1^st Apr 1767 - 25^th Sep 1859

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Edward Jervis Jervis, né Ricketts, 2nd Viscount St Vincent, younger son of William Henry Ricketts of Canaan and Mary Jervis, and nephew of John Jervis, 1st Viscount St Vincent (1735-1823), awarded compensation as 'tenant for life of one moiety and trustee of the other except as to four, of which he is owner-in-fee' on the Canaan estate in Westmoreland Jamaica. He was also awarded compensation as trustee with Vere Fane (q.v.) of Charles Blair and Charles W. Mitchell on the East and West Prospect estates in St Thomas-in-the-East and St Thomas-in-the-Vale in Jamaica.

The Canaan estate was shown against E.J. Ricketts' name in 1811.

Sources

T71/871 Westmoreland claim no. 232A & B; ODNB online, P.K. Crimmin 'Jervis, John, earl of St Vincent (1735-1823), naval officer'. T71/867 St Thomas-in-the-East No. 291; T71/855 St Thomas-in-the-Vale No. 292.

Jamaica Almanac (1811).

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

Lord Viscount St Vincent

Spouse

(1) Mary Cassandra Twistleton (2) Mary Anne Parker

Associated Claims (3)

Associated Estates (5)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1809 [SY] - 1837 [LA] → Tenant-for-life

Canaan Estate [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Shown as owner in the Slave Registers but appearing as tenant-for-life, except for four people for whom he was owner-in-fee, in the compensation records.

1834 [EA] - → Trustee

East Prospect Estate [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

1810 [EA] - 1810 [LA] → Other

Midgham [1] [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Shown as registered to Edward Jervis Ricketts in 1810

1817 [EA] - 1837 [LA] → Owner

Mount Ricketts [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee

West Prospect Estate [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]