West Clandon (Surrey)
Built 30th Nov -0001
Palladian mansion built over an existing Elizabethan house in 1730-1733 to designs of Giacomo Leoni by Thomas Lord Onslow, with the slavery-derived fortune of his wife Elizabeth Knight. Fire destroyed the interior and roof of the house in April 2015, and the National Trust is seeking to rebuild it. One of the busts above a doorway in the Marble Hall was of the head of an enslaved African, "believed to be a conscious reference to Thomas' associations with the slave trade." See https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/clandon-park/features/clandon-parks-connections-to-slavery-and-colonialism- [accessed 15/12/2021].
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Current owner
National Trust
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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.
