Charles Edward Bernard junior

1805 - 1854

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Bristol merchant and partner with his brother Walter Crauifurd Bernard (q.v.), awarded as partners the compensation as mortgagees-in-possession of the Sunderland estate in St James and for a group of enslaved people in St Elizabeth Jamaica. Probably son of Charles Edward Bernard MD (q.v.) and Barbara Fogo.

  1. In 1851 Charles E Barnard [sic] widower West India merchant aged 45 was living alone in Clifton (in either Carlton Place or The Mall).

  2. Will of Charles Edward Bernard of Bristol proved 18/03/1854. Under the will he left his estate in trust to his brother Ralph Mountague Bernard and his brother-in-law William Arundell Yeo, largely for the benefit of their families.


Sources

T71/873 St James claim no. 163; St Elizabeth claim no. 105.

  1. 1851 census online.

  2. PROB 11/2187/330.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Eliza Charlotte
Children
Marion Capel (1831-1845)
Occupation
Merchant

Associated Claims (2)

£475 10s 6d
Awardee
£2,870 5s 8d
Awardee

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1834 [EA] - → Mortgagee-in-Possession

Legacies Summary

Commercial (2)

Railway Investment
Bristol and Gloucestershire Extension [183728]  
£3550 
Name partner
 

Relationships (2)

Son → Father
Business partners
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Addresses (1)

Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England