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Son of William Reynolds of Milford House, Hampshire, who bought Milford House after the death of its owner William Rickman in 1764. In the 1780s, Edmund Reynolds 'enlarged the house with Adam style wings'. He married Miss Anna Maria Rivett, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Rivett, Esquire, of Derby, 02/10/1780. Died 10/05/1801.
Edmund Reynolds makes no mention of Jamaican property in his will, but Catherine Mount in St James, Jamaica, was registered to Edmund Reynolds deceased in 1809 and 1811 and was later shown against his son William Reynolds. His father had entailed the estates to him c. 1779.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alwyn_ladell/6035623626 [accessed 24/09/2015]. Town and County Magazine Vol. 12 p. 568 (October 1780). European Magazine, and London Review Vol. 39 p. 399 (May 1801).
Jamaica Almanacs 1811 and 1812.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Anna Maria Rivett
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Children
William
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Will
PROB 11/1358/333 - precis. Edmund Reynolds of Milford, Hampshire. All real and personal estate left to wife Anna Maria Reynolds. She asked to take into consideration the slender provision made for our son William Reynolds, and to favour him. Signed 25/02/1799. Proved in London by Anna Maria Reynolds 30/06/1801. |
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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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1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Previous owner
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1779 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
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1780 [EA] - 1795 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
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Country house
Milford House
description → Country house, extended by Edmund Reynolds through the addition of two 'Adam-style' wings in the 1780s. The house was formerly a hotel, but has now been divided up into private...
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Father → Son
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Son → Father
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Milford House, Milford on Sea, Southampton (near), Hampshire, Wessex, England
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Edmund Reynolds of Milford Hampshire', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644289 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
