1780 - 1860
Originally a Bury St Edmunds merchant, newspaper owner and brewer (Greene King), but moved to London c. 1837 after local controversy over abolition. Father of Benjamin Buck Greene (q.v.). Threw himself 'with enormous vigour into representing the interests of the West Indian slave proprietors at a critical juncture of their affairs', 1828-1833. (ODNB)
Richard G. Wilson, Greene King: a business and family history (1983); R. G. Wilson, ‘Greene family (per. 1801–1920)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Online edition
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
(1) Mary Maling (1803-1804); (2) Catherine Smith (1805-1855)
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Children
By (2) 6 daughters, 7 sons including Benjamin Buck Greene
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Oxford DNB Entry
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£98 17s 3d
Awardee
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£1,262 15s 1d
Awardee
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£2,672 3s 4d
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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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1828 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Lessee
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1825 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Commercial (2) |
Name partner
Greene King
Brewer |
Name partner
B & B.B. Greene
West India merchant |
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Father → Son
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45 Russell Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, East Anglia, England
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27th Nov 1782 - 8th Dec 1862
Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons
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:
'Benjamin Greene', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/25002 [accessed 15th November 2024].
