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Elizabeth Onslow , Lady Onslow (née Knight)

Profile & Legacies Summary

1692 - 1731

Biography

Niece and heiress of Charles Knight (q.v.) from whom she inherited Whitehall estate in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica.

  1. Married Thomas, 2nd Lord Onslow, in 1708.

Sources

PROB 11/494/165.

  1. Thomas Onslow in the History of Parliament Online, http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/onslow-thomas-1679-1740 [accessed 15/12/2021].

The portrait by Jans Hysing, c. 1700-15, is from https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/clandon-park/features/clandon-park-a-house-built-on-the-profits-of-slavery, copyright National Trust Images/John Hammond.

Further Information

Maiden Name
Knight
Spouse
Thomas Lord Onslow
Children
Richard

Associated Estates (1)

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
1706 [SY] - → Owner
Whitehall [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Relationships (3)

Elizabeth Onslow , Lady Onslow (née Knight)
Niece → Uncle
Charles Knight
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Elizabeth Onslow , Lady Onslow (née Knight)
Mother → Son
Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow
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Elizabeth Onslow , Lady Onslow (née Knight)
Wife → Husband
Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow
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Addresses (1)

Clandon Park, Epsom Road, Guildford, Surrey, South-east England, England
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