1723 - 1785
London merchant, financier and MP, who appeared with John Marlar 'banker' in the description of a 1777 bond from Sir James Cockburn (q.v.) to the Duchess of Bridgewater for £1000, 'part of £40,000 mortgage to Peregrine Cust...and John Marlar, of Plantation and Negross [sic] in Dominica.'
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies AH 1357 Title: Bond. Description:
Sir James Cockburn of Soho Square, Westminster, to Rachel, Dowager Duchess of Bridgewater, for £1,000 part of £40,000 mortgage to Peregrine Cust of Gt. George Street, and John Marlar of London, banker, of Plantation and Negross in Dominica. Date: 25th March 1777
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MP
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Bishop's Castle Shropshire
1761 - 1768 election →
Shoreham Sussex
1768 - 1774 election →
Ilchester Somerset
1774 - 1775 election →
Grantham Lincolnshire
1776 - 1780 election →
Ilchester Somerset
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Peregrine Cust', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667217 [accessed 8th November 2024].
