Roger Kynaston

Profile & Legacies Summary

1777 - 1847

Biography

London merchant, former partner with George Reid (d. 1826), father of Roger Kynaston jun. (q.v.) and son-in-law of Sir Charles Oakeley (q.v.): his partner George Reid was shown in the 1826 Jamaica Almanac as owner of Bunker Hill, the compensation for which was paid to the trustees of Sir Charles Oakeley. He became Official Assignee at Leeds in the 1840s, presumably reflecting the decline of his own mercantile business.

Will of Roger Kynaston [formerly of St James' Place in London but late] of Leeds proved 02/06/1847. He left personal effects to his three sons, including his picture of the Holy Family by Palma to his son Herbert, and his residuary estate to his son Roger Kynaston jun.

Sources

Trelawny no. 409; Directory of Leeds & the Clothing Districts (1847) giving his home address as 3 Preston Place.

PROB 11/2057/365.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Georgiana Oakeley

Children

Roger; Herbert; Augustus

Occupation

West India merchant

Associated Claims (1)

Associated Estates (3)

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

1829 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Not known

Gibraltar Estate [ Jamaica | St George ]

In principle this could be either Roger Kynaston or Roger Kynaston jun., but the latter would have been very young (aged 23 or so) to have been active in a Jamaican property of this scale in 1829.

1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner

Hazelymph Estate [ Jamaica | St James ]

1826 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Joint owner

Hazelymph Estate [ Jamaica | St James ]

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Paintings

The Holy Family by Palma was left by Roger Kynaston to his son Herbert in 1847. This painting has not yet been traced with confidence: it is possibly the painting of the same name in the Ashmolean by...

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