1769 - 1839
Owner of the Nutt's River estate, the compensation for the enslaved people on which was paid to the mortgagee, Champney's first cousin Richard Henry Cox. Sir Thomas Swymmer Champneys was the son of the bankrupt Sir Thomas Champneys, and party to a Chancery case over Nutt's River in 1822 (i.e., immediatey after the death of Richard Henry Cox's uncle by marriage Sir Thomas Champneys in 1821) with Richard Henry Cox as plaintiff and Sir Thomas Swymmer Champneys as defendant. Plaintiff's first claim on the estate dated from 1/12/1806.
London Gazette, Issue 18025, 08/05/1824, p. 750.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Children
d.s.p.
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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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1823 [EA] - 1833 [LA] → Owner
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First Cousins
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Son → Father
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1805 - ????
Enslaved man brought to England as a domestic servant; his former owner was indicted for the mistreatment of Thompson in 1824.
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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Sir Thomas Swymmer Champneys later Mostyn-Champneys', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146648607 [accessed 24th December 2024].
