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Son of Richard Holmes (d. c. 1725) and Susannah nee Lambert, who remarried John Douglas of St Kitts. Richard Holmes (d. c. 1725) had left him a share in the College and New Invention estates in the French Quarter of St Kitts.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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1725 [EA] - → Joint owner
Richard Holmes' father of the same name left two estates, named Colledge [sic] and New Invention, to his wife and son in his will proved in 1725. |
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Half-brothers
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Son → Father
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East Socon, Buckinghamshire, Central England, England
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Richard Holmes of East Socon Bedfordshire', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660969 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
