Count Alfred Isidore Walsh Freeman born Walsh

1788 - 1862


Biography

'Count Freeman' was reported by both Sturge & Harvey and Thome & Kimball as the owner of Belvidere in the period of Apprenticeship. Count Freeman was Alfred Isidore Walsh-Freeman, born Walsh, who married Stella Eloisa Stanhope, daughter of Philip Dormer Stanhope (q.v.): the couple reportedly changed their name from Walsh to Walsh-Freeman in 1823 in accordance with the will of Mrs Allen, Stella Francis Allen (q.v.), the great-aunt of Stella Eloisa Stanhope. Alfred Isidore Walsh was the son of Philip Walsh, a soldier in the service of the French army before the French Revolution also referred to as 'Count'.


Sources

W. D. Selby (ed.) The Genealogist Vol. 17 (1901) p. 91; Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) pp. 291-292: 'Belvidere is a very fine estate and belongs to a French Nobleman, Count Freeman.' Late resident attorney was President of the Council; 'the present attorney also is said to be liberally disposed, while the proprietor has directed certain allowances to be curtailed'; James A. Thome and Joseph H. Kimball, Emancipation in the West Indies: A six months' tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica in the year 1837 (New York, American Anti-slavery Society, 1838) p. 286: 'This estate belongs to Count Freeman, an absentee proprietor'.

We are grateful for the help of Dr Padraic X. Scanlan with this entry.


Further Information

Absentee?
'Foreign'
Spouse
Stella Eloisa Stanhope
Children
Emma, Mathilde, Caroline

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
1837 [EA] - 1844 [LA] → Owner

Relationships (2)

Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Other relatives
Notes →
Alfred Isidore Walsh married the great-niece of Stella Frances Allen and the couple changed their name in accordance with the latter's will in...