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One of three co-investors with John Deffell and Thomas Nevill (both of whom q.v.) in a group of estates and enslaved people in Jamaica in the mid-1790s: Thomas Nevill's will identified this man as Charles Edward Lewis late of Powis Place.
Will of Charles Edward Lewis of West Molesey Surrey proved 26/05/1800. The will is simple, leaving an annuity of £100 p.a. to the wife of his brother James Lewis of Powis Place, and the rest of his unspecified estate to James Lewis.
His brother and heir James Lewis was the architect, who died at Powis Place in 1820.
PROB 11/1342/251
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-project/streets/powis_place.htm [accessed 05/05/2017].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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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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Joint owner
Shown in the will of Thomas Nevill as a co-purchaser of the estate, which was then assigned to John Deffell, in whose name it appears. |
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Joint owner
Shown in the will of Thomas Nevill as a co-purchaser of the estate, which was then assigned to John Deffell, in whose name it appears. |
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Joint owner
Shown in the will of Thomas Nevill as a co-purchaser of the estate, which was then assigned to John Deffell, in whose name it appears. |
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Business associates
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Business associates
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Brothers
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West Molesey, Surrey, South-east England, England
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Powis Place, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Charles Edward Lewis', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652031 [accessed 20th September 2024].
