George Home of Paxton

???? - 1820


Biography

Brother of Ninian Home (q.v.) from whom he inherited both 'slave-property' in Grenada and Paxton House.


Sources

NRS GD267/5 1750-1865: Papers relating to West Indies plantations (Waltham, Grenada), including lists of negroes, correspondence and accounts, 1750-1865, and formal deeds appointing Ninian Home as Lt Governor in Grenada, 1784-1793.

We are grateful to Karina Turmann for her assistance with compiling this entry.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

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
1795 [SY] - 1820 [EY] → Owner

Legacies Summary

Physical (1)

Country house
Regency Wing, Paxton House [Built] 
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Addition in 1814 by George Home of The Regency Wing (designed by Robert Reid and furnished by William Trotter) to the neo-Palladian Paxton House, originally built by Patrick Home, sold to Ninian Home...

Relationships (3)

Other relatives
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Second...
Other relatives
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Second...
Brothers
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George Home succeeded to the estates of Ninian Home in Scotland and...

Addresses (1)

Paxton House, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Berwickshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland