Served as chairman of committees of the whole house in the parliaments of 1826 and 1830, 'but his attachment to the West Indies interest in parliament may have hindered further advance.'
A leading figure in the Tory party. Member of the Carlton Club, close associate of Sir Robert Peel.
1834: appointed to the Indian Board of Control.
1843-1854: a commissioner for public accounts, with annual salary of £1200.
Oxford DNB (John C. Appleby)
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Tregony Cornwall1812 - 1818
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Lostwithiel Cornwall1818 - 1826
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Aldborough Yorkshire1826 - 1830
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Westbury Wiltshire1830 - 1831
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Cambridge Cambridgeshire1840 - 1843
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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.
