1795 - 1875
Inherited Hillsborough from his brother Thomas Greg in 1839, after Emancipation. The two men were sons of Samuel Greg (q.v.) of Quarry Bank. Robert Hyde Greg is in the ODNB as 'cotton manufacturer and economist.' Attended a Unitarian school.
C. W. Sutton, ‘Greg, Robert Hyde (1795–1875)’, rev. Mary B. Rose, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11444, accessed 22 Sept 2015]
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Unitarian
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Robert Hyde Greg', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644261 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
