Thomas Barrett Lennard

Profile & Legacies Summary

4^th Oct 1788 - 9^th Jun 1856

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Awarded part of the compensation for the enslaved people on Stewart Castle in Trelawny Jamaica. The remainder of the compensation under the claim was awarded to members of the Shedden family, and Lennard's claim came through his wife.

Thomas Barrett Lennard was the eldest son of Sir Thos. Barret Lennard bart., of Bell House [sic] Essex. Banns of marriage were published 12, 19, and 26 June 1825 for Thomas Barrett Lennard widower and Mary Bridger Shedden of Saling Grove Essex at St Marylebone. Mary Bridger Shedden was the daughter and heiress of Bartlet Bridger Shedden of Aldham Hall Suffolk and Mary Shedden Goodrich (the eldest daughter of Bartlet's uncle Bartlet Goodrich of Saling Grove Essex).
Will of Thomas Barrett Lennard of Hyde Park Terrace Middlesex proved 5/9/1856. He predeceased his father, whose will (of Bolhus [sic], Essex) was proved 30/10/1857.
Adm. Fell.-Com. at JESUS, June 28, 1806. [Eldest s. of Sir Thomas (above), 1st Bart., of Essex. [B. Oct. 4, 1788. School, Charterhouse.] Matric. Michs. 1806; B.A. (17th Wrangler) 1810; M.A. 1813. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Feb. 10, 1809. M.P. for Ipswich, 1820-6; for Maldon, 1826-37 and 1847-52. Married (1) Aug. 3, 1815, Margaret, dau. of John Wharton, of Skelton Castle, Yorks. (died 1818); (2) June 30, 1825, Mary, dau. of Bartlett Bridger Shedden, of Aldham Hall, Suffolk. Died June 9, 1856, at Brighton. Brother of Dacre B. (1819), etc.; father of Thomas B. (next), St Aubyn B. (1850) and Dacre B. (1848) and John B. (1860). (Burke, P. and B.; T. A. Walker, 489; Boase, II. 388, Inns of Court; Return of M.P.'s; W. R. Williams, MSS.).

Sources

T71/874 Trelawny 147A-D. Claim originally by G.R. Shedden and John [sic] Thomas Barrett Lennard and uxor, England.

Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]; John Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the Commoners of Great Britain, Vol. 3 'Shedden, of Paulerspury Park', p. 352.
PROB 11/2239; PROB 11/2259.
Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online].

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Name in compensation records

Thomas Bennett Lennard

Spouse

(1) Margaret Wharton (2) Mary Bridger Shedden

Children

Thomas B; St Aubyn B; Dacre B.; John B.

School

Charterhouse

University

Cambridge (Jesus) [1806-1810 ]

Occupation

Politician

Associated Claims (1)

Associated Estates (1)

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