1793 - 1874
Beneficiary under the wills of his aunt Catherine Cussans (nee Holburne) and of Jemima Cussans (both of whom q.v.). Sir Thomas William Holburne's collection of fine and decorative arts form the cornerstone of the Holburne Museum in Bath.
https://www.holburne.org/the-collection/history-of-the-collection/ [accessed 26/11/2019].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Sailor then art collector
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Silver, porcelain, metalwork, furniture, paintings. 4,000 items in his collection became the basis for the Holburne Museum in Bath. Probably began when he undertook a Grand Tour in the 1820s, some...
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Member
Burlington Fine Arts Club......
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Nephew → Aunt
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Legatee → Testator
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10 Cavendish Crescent, Bath, Somerset, South-west England, England
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7 Lansdown Place West, Bath, Somerset, South-west England, England
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Sir Thomas William Holburne', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146663643 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
