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Daughter of Hon. William Wylly, Chief Justice of St Vincent. Married John De La Poer Beresford (1796-1856), Colonial Secretary of St Vincent, 06/05/1822.
An unsourced online family tree gives her parents as William Wylly and Matilda Matthews and the year of her death as 1857.
Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online, entry for John Beresford].
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/harriet-eliza-wylly_32987427 [accessed 19/01/2016].
We are grateful to Marcus Beresford for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Transatlantic
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Maiden Name
Wylly or Wyllie
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Spouse
John de la Poer Beresford
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Children
Mary Bayley (-1909), George William de la Poer (1823-1903), Marcus Wylly de la Poer (1825-1902), John Hill de la Poer (1832-1863), Henry Clements (1835-1865)
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£36 6s 7d
Awardee
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Wife → Husband
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Daughter → Father
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Sister → Brother
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Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire, Wessex, England
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Harriet Eliza Beresford (née Wylly or Wyllie)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/27066/ [accessed 26th April 2024].
