1776 - 1852
Irish Protestant clergyman and anti-Catholic pamphleteer, sought the compensation for the enslaved people on Heldens on St Kitts on behalf of his younger brother William Eden Lees. He has an entry in the Dictionary of Irish Biography.
T71/1609 letter 21/11/1835 from Sir Harcourt Lees, Black Rock Dublin: the family of a younger brother William Eden Lees not at present in Ireland has a claim. Patrick M. Geoghegan, 'Lees, Sir Harcourt (1776-1852) clergyman and political pamphleteer', DIB Vol. 5 p. 410.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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University
Cambridge (Trinity) [1799-1802 ]
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Occupation
Clergyman
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Religion
Church of Ireland
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Oxford DNB Entry
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£2,067 4s 5d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Other relatives
Notes →
Martha Helden's daughter Sophia married William Eden Lees, the brother of Sir Harcourt...
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Brothers
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Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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1759 - 1820
Enslaved woman on Caliviny Estate in Grenada; also listed as a slave-owner herself.
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:
'Sir Harcourt Lees', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630523 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
