1805 - 1854
Bristol merchant and partner with his brother Walter Crauifurd Bernard (q.v.), awarded as partners the compensation as mortgagees-in-possession of the Sunderland estate in St James and for a group of enslaved people in St Elizabeth Jamaica. Probably son of Charles Edward Bernard MD (q.v.) and Barbara Fogo.
In 1851 Charles E Barnard [sic] widower West India merchant aged 45 was living alone in Clifton (in either Carlton Place or The Mall).
Will of Charles Edward Bernard of Bristol proved 18/03/1854. Under the will he left his estate in trust to his brother Ralph Mountague Bernard and his brother-in-law William Arundell Yeo, largely for the benefit of their families.
T71/873 St James claim no. 163; St Elizabeth claim no. 105.
1851 census online.
PROB 11/2187/330.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Eliza Charlotte
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Children
Marion Capel (1831-1845)
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Occupation
Merchant
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£475 10s 6d
Awardee
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£2,870 5s 8d
Awardee
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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:
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1834 [EA] - → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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Commercial (2) |
Railway Investment
Bristol and Gloucestershire Extension [183728]
£3550
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Name partner
Charles Edward and Walter Craufuird Bernard
West India merchant |
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Son → Father
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Business partners
Notes →
Also...
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Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Charles Edward Bernard junior', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/15087 [accessed 31st December 2024].
