Rev. Richard Burgh Byam

Rev. Richard Burgh Byam, acting attorney and trustee in Antigua in 1817 for two as yet unidentified estates, but later Vicar of Kew and Petersham who died there in 1867.

1. Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, July 4, 1804. 2nd s. of William, Capt., 68th Regt. of Foot, and of Woodborough Winscomb, Somerset. B. Jan. 26, 1785, at Southampton. Matric. Easter, 1804; B.A. 1808; M.A. 1811. Fellow, 1807. Tutor, 1822-8. Dean of Theology, 1821-4 and 1827-8; of Arts, 1824-7. Lecturer, 1822-7. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, June 17, 1806, as ‘2nd s. of William, of Seafield, Sussex.’ Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 18, 1814; priest (London, Litt. dim. from Norwich) Jan. 8, 1815. C. of Hardwick and Kingston, Cambs., 1824. R. of Sampford Courtney, Devon, 1827-8. C. of Histon, Cambs., 1828. Whitehall Preacher. Chaplain to the Duke of Sussex. R. of Kew with Petersham, Surrey, 1828-67. Married Frances, dau. of – Watkins, at St John's, Antigua, Dec. 18, 1805. Benefactor to the College. Died Mar. 1, 1867, aged 82, at Petersham. (King's Coll. Adm. Reg.; Burke, L.G., 1862; V. B. Oliver, Antigua, I. 98, 101.)

T71/245 pp. 350-352 (acting attorney in the absence of Martin Wm Byam attorney of William Martin, Esq. for 93 enslaved people) and pp. 641-646 (trustee by consent of mortgagor William Byam Esq. and mortgagees Messrs Rodie and Shands for 133 enslaved people); National Probate Calendar 1867.

1. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online]