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English clergyman, counterclaimant for the compensation for the Redemption estate on St Vincent as one of a group of trustees of the marriage settlement of George Henry Sharpe and Caroline his wife. The money was awarded to George Henry Sharpe himself.
T71/892 St Vincent no. 554. The Rev Thos Shuttleworth Gumshaw of Biddenham Bedford, (Clerk), George Peter Lures (sp?) of Bedford, Robert Henley Payne [second son of Sir Peter Payne, White's directory of Hampshire 1859 East Meon]) of Austin Friars and Charles Gillies Payne of Chester St Grosvenor Place, as trustees for marriage settlement of George Henry Sharpe and Caroline his wife.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Clergyman
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Religion
Church of England
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£3,559 16s 1d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Trustee)
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Biddenham, Bedfordshire, Central England, England
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Rev. Thomas Shuttleworth Gumshaw', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630577 [accessed 19th April 2024].
