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Awarded part of the compensation for the Islington estate in St Mary Jamaica with his brother Rev. John Twells (q.v.), probably as trustees of 'Mrs Spooner' (Elmina Spooner, q.v.).
In 1871 Philip Twells aged 62 banker magistrate landowner was living at Chaseside House High Street Enfield with 6 servants. In 1851 he had been living with John Twells his father aged 74 and mother Mary aged 72 in Church Street Stoke Newington, when he was described as 'barrister actually practising.'
He died at Eastbourne 08/05/1880, leaving £300,000.
T71/1856 St Mary no. 135 and 136.
1851 and 1871 censuses online.
National Probate Calendar 1880.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Wealth at death
£300,000
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Occupation
Banker
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£3,723 15s 5d
Awardee (Trustee)
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£483 16s 11d
Awardee (Trustee)
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Brothers
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Church Street, Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex, London, England
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Philip Twells', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/46210 [accessed 26th December 2024].
