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Born on Barbados, daughter of Guy Ball (c. 1686-after 1722) the owner of Williams later Ball's plantation in Christ Church Barbados. She married twice, to Edward Lascelles (1702-1747) and after his death Admiral Sir Francis Holburne. The Holburne museum in Bath holds the skeleton of a Plantation Book of 1722 for Williams estate when it was owned by the Ball family.
https://www.holburne.org/the-holburne-family-and-caribbean-plantations
Simon D. Smith, Slavery, Family and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic pp. 336-39 contains a discussion of the possibility that Frances Ball was a woman of colour.
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Maiden Name
Ball
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Spouse
(1) Edward Lascelles (1702-47) (2) Rear Admiral Sir Francis Holburne
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Children
With (1) Edward, 1st Earl of Harewood
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1722 [EA] - 1722 [LA] → Other
Guy Ball, Frances Holburne's father, was owner of Williams [later Ball's] plantation in 1722. |
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Mother → Daughter
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Frances Holburne formerly Lascelles (née Ball)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667423 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
