1801 - 1887
The Earl of Wiltshire appeared in the compensation records as a trustee of George Stevens Byng in counterclaiming for the compensation on Harmony Hall in Jamaica. This was John Paulet, known as Earl of Wiltshire until 1843, when he succeeded his father Charles Paulet as Marquess of Winchester.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£3,018 16s 11d
Unsuccessful claimant (Trustee)
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'John Paulet Earl of Wiltshire (later 14th Marquess of Winchester)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660167 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
