Rt Hon Henry Gage Lord Viscount Gage

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1808

Biography

Will of Rt Hon Henry Lord Viscount Gage proved 09/03/1808. In the will he left his property in Montserrat to his brothers John Gage and William Hall Gage as tenants-in-common, and provided that on the death of his mother Margaret then whoever was the male heir of his father would make effectual the legacy of the Montserrat property, on pains of forfeiting all benefit under his own will. He left his wife Susanna £10,000.

Sources

PROB 11/1475/109

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Susanna

Relationships (2)

Rt Hon Henry Gage Lord Viscount Gage

Brothers

Rt Hon Henry Gage Lord Viscount Gage

Son → Mother

Margaret Gage (née Kemble)

Addresses (1)

Firle Place, Sussex, South-east England, England

Further Information

People of Interest

Margaret Dunbar

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).

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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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'Rt Hon Henry Gage Lord Viscount Gage', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662329 [accessed 22nd November 2024].

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