Richard Clarke Downer

1780 - 1828


Biography

Richard Clarke (sometimes given as Clark) Downer, previous owner of Lewis Manor in Berbice and of Lust-tot-Rust and Belle Vue (the latter two auctioned in 1832), born London c. 1780, then in Berbice and died at Marseilles aged 48 in 1828, 'late of Berbice'.

  1. Baptism of Richard Clark Downer son of Richard and Mary, St Botolph Bishopsgate 18/06/1780.

Sources

Annual Register Vol. 70 (1828),p. 228 'Deaths - March.

  1. Ancestry.com, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [accessed 30/09/2013]

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?

Associated Claims (4)

£9,412 5s 6d
Previous owner (not making a claim)
Belle Vue was identified (with Lust-tot-Rust) as the property of the late Richard Clarke Downer London Gazette18557 10/03/1829 p. 452, and the two estates were auctioned in 1832 London Gazette18943 08/06/1832 p. 1332.
£17,204 19s 0d
Previous owner (not making a claim)
In 1819 the 314 enslaved people on Goldstone Hall were registered by William Fraser, the property of Richard Clarke Downer and William Fraser.
£7,633 8s 1d
Previous owner (not making a claim)
Lust-tot-Rust was identified (with Belle Vue) as the property of the late Richard Clarke Downer London Gazette18557 10/03/1829 p. 452, and the two estates were auctioned in 1832 London Gazette18943 08/06/1832 p. 1332.
£760 16s 6d
Previous owner (not making a claim)

Associated Estates (8)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1825 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Joint owner
1828 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
1831 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1828 [EY] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner

Relationships (1)

Brothers
Notes →
This is an inferred relationship from genealogical sources for each man giving parents as Richard and Mary Downer and baptisms at St Botolph Bishopsgate....

Addresses (1)

Marseilles, France