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Wife of Thomas Langford Brooke (q.v.) who claimed unsuccessfully as owner-in-fee for Laroche's estate in Antigua in respect of her marriage settlement. Eliza Clough, daughter of John William Clough of Oxton Hall and of Eliza[beth], daughter of Rev. Sir Thomas Delves Broughton. She was her husband's first cousin (his mother Maria was another daughter of Broughton).
T71/877 Antigua claim no. 392 (Laroche's).
See separate entry for Thomas Langford Brooke.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Clough
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Name in compensation records
Eliza Brooke
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Spouse
Thomas Langford Brooke
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Wealth at death
£1,500
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£2,306 18s 3d
Beneficiary unsuccessful
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Wife → Husband
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Beneficiary of Trust → Trustee
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Beneficiary of Trust → Trustee
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Devonshire House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Eliza Langford Brooke (née Clough)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631628 [accessed 26th December 2024].
