1812 - 1859
Jacques Arthur Marc, son of Marc Rene Anne Marie, marquis, comte and baron de Montalembert (1777-1831), who fought with the British against Republican France, and Elise-Rosee [Eliza-Rosee] Forbes; grandson of Jean Charles Montalembert, baron de Sers (1757-1810); brother of Charles Forbes, Comte de Montalembert (q.v.) and father of the French politician Jules de Montalembert (1850-1926).
Born 06/08/1812 (some sources give 1815), page of King Charles X in 1829, graduate of the ecole militaire at St Cyr.
Jean Charles Montalembert, a counter-revolutionary and British ally in St Domingue, moved from Martinique to Trinidad, bringing his slaves.
Genealogie de la famille de Montalembert - 1ere partie - Histoire Passion - Saintonge Aunis Angoumois (in which the article on Charles Forbes himself appears truncated and Jacques Arthur Marc is given as Jacques-Marc-Arthur) http://www.histoirepassion.eu/spip.php?article1482 [accessed 21/07/2011].
James Epstein, 'The scandal of colonial rule: power and subversion in the British Atlantic during the Age of Revolution' [MS, Chapter 3 p. 63].
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1787 - 8th Apr 1844
Yorkshire landowner.
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:
'James Arthur Marcus Montalembert', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/44533 [accessed 19th April 2024].
