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Daughter of Honore-Marie Gaillard de Laubenque (owner of Malgre Tout in St Lucia, who died after compensation had been awarded but before he could collect the compensation). A letter from Jacques and Louise from Bordeaux, France, where they are currently residing, gives their oath that the father died intestate and that Louise and her two siblings are the only heirs.
T71/1042 St Lucia claim no. 487.
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Absentee?
'Foreign'
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Maiden Name
Gaillard
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Name in compensation records
Louise Marie Rene Chaumont née Gaillard
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Spouse
Jacques Nicolas Alexander Chaumont
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£2,682 5s 4d
Awardee
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Sister → Brother
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Sister → Brother
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Bordeaux, France
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Louise Marie Rene Chaumont (née Gaillard)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/26321 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
