Tyringham, nr Newport Pagnell (Buckinghamshire)
Built 1st Jan 1793 £40,623
Grade I country house rebuilt by Sir John Soane for William Praed c.1793-1797. Praed's rebuilding of Tyringham was intended to be funded in part by the sale of Praed's Jamaica property, the sale of which fell through in 1807. Soane was repaid the outstanding amount of £13,000 only in 1817, 25 years after work had started.
Gillian Darley, John Soane: an Accidental Romantic (Yale, 1999) pp. 106-112.
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Architect
John Soane
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Current owner
Not known
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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.
