1731 - 28th Dec 1780
Son of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont. Assumed the surname Kelly on his marriage to Elizabeth, only daughter of Dennis Kelly of Galway and Jamaica, 1752. Inherited Spring Garden and Lisduff estates in Galway and estates and enslaved people in Jamaica through his wife.
George E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom (London, 1910) Vol. 1 pp. 113-114. The will of Dennis Kelly of Lisduffe, Galway, PROB 11/838/26.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Elizabeth Kelly
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Children
John Denis, 1st Marquess of Sligo (1756-1809), Charlotte (?-1849), Denis (1763-1828), Elizabeth (1765-1795), Anne (1765-1814)
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University
Oxford (Christchurch) [1748 ]
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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:
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1758 [SY] - 1780 [LA] → Joint owner
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1758 [SY] - 28/12/1780 [ED] → Joint owner
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1759 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Owner
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MP
election →
Mayo Mayo
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Husband → Wife
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Father → Son
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Grandfather → Grandson
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Peter Browne-Kelly, 2nd Earl of Altamont', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146640401/ [accessed 20th April 2024].
