1782 - 11th Nov 1854
East India merchant, partner in Rickards Mackintosh (q.v).
In 1851 Browne Roberts East India merchant and agent aged 69 born Queens County Ireland living Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham with wife Margaret M 56 born East Indies and children Anne 34, Arthur 32 (East India Company Civil Service), Elizabeth 28 and Browne E H. (scholar Oxford) 20, all born in East Indies. Will of Browne Roberts Captain in the Bengal Army and Assistant Commissary General of Lewisham proved 02/01/1855.
Buried All Souls Kensal Green 18/11/1854 aged 72. Will of Browne Roberts late of Ravensboune Park Lewisham who died 11/11/1854 proved 25/09/1861 by Arthur A Roberts, effects under £12,000; former grant Jan 1855.
1851 census online; PROB 11/2205.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1861.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Margaret
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Children
Anne, Arthur, Elizabeth, Browne
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Wealth at death
£12,000
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£4,438 0s 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] - → Joint owner
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1834 [EA] - → Joint owner
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Other partner
Rickards, Little
East India merchant |
Imperial (1) |
East India Company
Commercial
notes → East India merchant, partner in Rickards Mackintosh (q.v) although his exact involvement with the East India Company is...
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Browne Roberts', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/19401 [accessed 31st December 2024].
