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Lady Lilias Oswald, née Montgomerie, daughter of the 12th Earl of Eglington and Eleonora Hamilton. Married first in 1796 R.D. MacQuen, secondly in 1817 Richard Alexander Oswald, son of George Oswald of Scotstown. She died at Jouxtens near Lausanne in 1845.
Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Royal Families of the World, Vol. 1
Scotland Marriages 1561-1910, available through Familysearch.org
London Evening Standard, 20/9/1845; Morning Post, 20/9/1845.
We are grateful to William Norton for his help compiling this entry.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Richard Alexander Oswald (m. 1817)
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£4,580 8s 3d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£865 10s 3d
Awardee
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Second Wife → Husband
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Lady Lilias Oswald', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/46073 [accessed 25th November 2024].
