1745 - 1830
Listed as owner of Fairfield estate in Jamaica in 1828; the compensation was awarded to his sons Charles, James and Frederick Augustus Lawrence (all q.v.).
Richard James Lawrence, born 24/10/1745, son of James Lawrence of Fairfield (1709-1756) and Mary daughter of Col. Richard James of The Cove, Hanover. Married Mary, 4th daughter of Thomas Hall of Kirkpatrick and Worcester, Jamaica (d. 1815). Mary Lawrence Stevenson, awarded compensation for half of the enslaved people on Fairfield, was the daughter of his sister Mary and Col. John Robert James of Endeavour, Jamaica. Eton and Oxford (St Mary's Hall).
Richard James Lawrence Esquire of Crawford Street buried 13/11/1830 St Marylebone aged 85. The will of Richard James Lawrence residing at Felbridge Surrey proved 22/11/1830 is very simple, leaving to his five sons James, George, Charles, Henry and Frederick his Fairfield estate 'with the negroes and stock thereon' equally to be divided between them, and all his residuary estate to be divided similarly among them, share and share alike.
Jamaica Almanac (1828).
T71/873 St James claim no. 52 (Fairfield Estate).
Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online]. Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online]. Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919) vol. 6 p. 123.
PROB 11/1778/111.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Children
George, Charles, Henry, James, Frederick Augustus
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Will
PROB 11/1778/111 - precis. Richard James Lawrence residing at Felbridge, Surrey. To my five sons James Lawrence, George Lawrence, Charles Lawrence, Henry Lawrence and Frederick Augustus Lawrence my plantation called Fairfield in St James, Jamaica and all my other real and personal property in Jamaica or Great Britain to be equally divided between them as tenants in common. My sons to be executors. Signed 27/02/1800. Oath of Thomas Smith of Russell Square, Middlesex, stating he was a witness to the will of Richard James Lawrence, formerly of Fulbridge in Surrey and late of Crawford Street, Portman Square, Middlesex. Proved in London 22/11/1830 by James Lawrence the son. |
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School
Eton
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University
Oxford (St Mary's Hall) [1762 ]
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£3,499 15s 4d
Previous owner (not making a claim)
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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:
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1788 [EA] - 1830 [EY] → Owner
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1769 [EA] - 1774 [LA] → Joint owner
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Son → Father
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Uncle → Niece
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Father → Son
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Father → Son
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Grandfather → Grandson
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Father → Son
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Husband → Wife
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Brother → Sister
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Brothers
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Other relatives
Notes →
Cousins, according to the will of Mrs Catherine...
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Felbridge, Surrey, South-east England, England
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Crawford Street, Portman Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1788 - 1876
Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.
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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Richard James Lawrence', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631697 [accessed 8th November 2024].
