1797 - 1861
Counterclaimed for '£5000 with a small arrears of interest' on the compensation for the Hoghole estate in Jamaica and the Kendal estate in Tobago. Her claim was admitted by her uncle James Berney Bourdieu (q.v.), but the award was subject to a Chancery suit.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£3,412 10s 9d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Legatee)
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£1,745 1s 4d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Legatee)
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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] - → Legatee
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Sister → Brother
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Niece → Uncle
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Niece → Uncle
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Grand-daughter → Grandfather
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Daughter → Father
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2 Cadogan Road, Surbiton, Surrey, South-east 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:
'Emily Bourdieu', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630613 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
