1751 - 1817
Co-heiress with her sister Ann Verelst of her father Josias Wordsworth, through whom she inherited mortgagees over enslaved people on estates in Grenada that had belonged to Michael Scott (q.v.), who mortgaged them to Dame Mary Kent's uncle Samuel Wordsworth (q.v.), a London merchant. Her husband, Sir Charles Kent, 1st Bt. (?1743-1811), was MP for Thetford 1784-1790.
History of Parliament online: entry for Sir Charles Kent by John Brooke, accessed 18/05/2018.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Wordsworth
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Spouse
Charles, later Sir Charles, Kent née Egleton
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Paintings
Portrait of Mary Wordsworth, Lady Kent, by Joshua Reynolds 1777. Sold at Sothebys in 2003 for £2.6MM....
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Niece → Uncle
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Dame Mary Kent (née Wordsworth)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146659501 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
