Sir Charles Oakeley 1st Bart.

Profile & Legacies Summary

1751 - 1826

Biography

East India Co. man, Governor of Madras before his return to England 1794-1795, with an entry in the ODNB as 'administrator in India'. Through financing his sons-in-law George Reid jun. and Roger Kynaston (each of whom q.v.), he became mortgagee-in-possession of two estates in Jamaica.

Sources

J. A. Hamilton, ‘Oakeley, Sir Charles, first baronet (1751–1826)’, rev. Ainslie T. Embree, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20422, accessed 15 Nov 2016]

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Helena Beatson

Children

Edward and ten others

Oxford DNB Entry

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Associated Estates (2)

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

1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession

Bunkers Hill [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]

Sir Charles Oakeley had died in 1826: his trustees carried forward the contestation over Bunkers Hill and were registered as mortgagees-in-possession 1829-1832.

1831 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Other

Friendship [1] [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]

Registered to Sir Charles Oakeley (who had died in 1826) in 1831 and 1832: this must have reflected representatives of Sir Charles Oakeley either as trustee or as mortgagee of the estate, which belonged to his son-in-law George Reid jun.