Count Alfred Isidore Walsh Freeman born Walsh

'Count Freeman' was reported by both Sturge & Harvey and Thome & Kimball as the owner of Belvidere in the period of Apprenticeship. Count Freeman was Alfred Isidore Walsh-Freeman, born Walsh, who married Stella Eloisa Stanhope, daughter of Philip Dormer Stanhope (q.v.): the couple reportedly changed their name from Walsh to Walsh-Freeman in 1823 in accordance with the will of Mrs Allen, Stella Francis Allen (q.v.), the great-aunt of Stella Eloisa Stanhope. Alfred Isidore Walsh was the son of Philip Walsh, a soldier in the service of the French army before the French Revolution also referred to as 'Count'.

W. D. Selby (ed.) The Genealogist Vol. 17 (1901) p. 91; Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) pp. 291-292: 'Belvidere is a very fine estate and belongs to a French Nobleman, Count Freeman.' Late resident attorney was President of the Council; 'the present attorney also is said to be liberally disposed, while the proprietor has directed certain allowances to be curtailed'; James A. Thome and Joseph H. Kimball, Emancipation in the West Indies: A six months' tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica in the year 1837 (New York, American Anti-slavery Society, 1838) p. 286: 'This estate belongs to Count Freeman, an absentee proprietor'.

We are grateful for the help of Dr Padraic X. Scanlan with this entry.