1728 - 1788
MP for Totnes 1768-1788, and husband of Anne Thompson (q.v. under Lady Anne Jennings Clerke, nee Thompson), co-heiress of Col. Richard Thompson (q.v). Born Philip Jennings, he changed his name after inheriting estates and the baronetcy in England from his uncle Sir Talbot Clerke in 1774.
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/jennings-philip-1722-88
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Anne Thompson
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Physical (1) |
Country house
Fox Lease, Lyndhurst [Purchased]
description → Fox Lease, a country house at Lyndhurst Hampshire. 'Sir Phillip considerably enlarged the house in the Gothick style, and was probably responsible for forming the landscape park and the lake, which...
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Political (1) |
MP
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Totnes Devon
1768 - 1788 |
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Husband → Wife
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Father → Daughter
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Father → Daughter
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Foxlease, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, Wessex, England
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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:
'Sir Philip Jennings Clerke born Jennings', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650583 [accessed 26th December 2024].
