Edward Roger Pratt junior

Possibly the Edward Roger Pratt, awarded slave compensation for Greenland estate in St Kitts in 1835 as trustee of William Woodley, although this may be his father Edward Roger Pratt senior, who died in 1838.

1. Eldest son of Edward Roger, of Ryston Hall, Norfolk and Pleasance, daughter of Samuel Browne, of King's Lynn. Succeeded his father at Ryston Hall, 1838. [The Pratt family had been established at Ryston Hall since the late C17th.] Died unmarried at Ryston Hall, and was succeeded by his brother Jermyn (1816); brother also of William (1823).

2. 1851 and 1861 Censuses: Pratt lived at Ryston House, Norfolk with his sister, Blanch.

3. Left less than £16,000 at his death in 1863.

4. Collector of art including works of Egyptian antiquity. "He spent three years on a grand tour around the Mediterranean, including Egypt, from Christmas 1833 to May 1834. His journal, much of it written in French, gives an account of the ancient sites he visited, along with annotated maps and some tart observations on the manner in which his fellow Europeans treated the monuments and tombs. It is possible he acquired some of his Egyptian works of art on this tour, but at least one object in his collection came from the Giovanni d'Athanasi sale at Sotheby's, London, March 13th, 1837. Two New Kingdom steles from the Pratt collection were sold at Sotheby's, New York, December 17th, 1998, nos. 24 and 26, the latter now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art." His acquistions included an Egyptian limestone monument or stela dating from 1295-1069 BC, whose export sale was blocked in 2001. It was then acquired by the British Museum.

1. J. A. Venn (compiler), Alumni Cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900, Part II: From 1752 to 1900 (6 vols., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1940-1954), V, p. 182.

2. 1851 Census: TNA HO107/1830, f. 365, p. 12; 1861: TNA RG 9/1259, f. 126, p. 1. Ancestry.com

3. National Probate Calendar 1863.

4. See Cultural Legacies for further details.