1771 - 24th Jan 1843
Date of birth approximate. Married (25 November 1805), Lady Madelina Gordon, daughter of Alexander, 4th duke of Gordon, widow of Sir Robert Sinclair, 7th bt., of Stevenson, Haddington. '...as brother-in-law to three dukes and a marquess...he moved easily in high society'. (Fisher)
Included here because Judd lists him as a 'West Indian' MP but it is not obvious that he was. He was brother-in-law of William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester, Governor of Jamaica, 1808-1827 (q.v.) but he was an 'advanced' Whig and opponent of slavery.
Entry by David R. Fisher in History of Parliament online; Gerrit P. Judd IV, Members of Parliament 1734-1832 (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1955).
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Spouse
Lady Madelina Gordon
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Children
No children
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Occupation
Politician
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MP
Whig / West India interest
election →
Reading Berkshire
1818 - 1826 election →
Reading Berkshire
1827 - 1834 election →
Reading Berkshire
1837 - 1841 |
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Brother-in-laws
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 Fyshe Palmer', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146658303 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
