1780 - 1818
Nephew and heir of James 8th Lord Cranstoun, who had inherited both the title and the property of their maternal grandfather Jeremiah Browne (d. 1754) from his brother William Cranstoun. The mother of the 7th and 8th Lords Cranstoun was Sophia Browne: her sister Elizabeth Browne, married Anthony Hodges I (q.v.). James Edmund, the 9th Lord, was born in St Kitts on an estate called The Retreat, apparently later known as Cranstouns. James Edmund 9th Lord Cranstoun married Anna Linnington Macnamara, daughter of John Macnamara of St Kitts, in 1807.
Will of Jeremiah Browne [formerly of Apps Court but now] of the island of St Christopher proved 18/11/1755, PROB 11/818/423.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Anne Linnington Macnamara
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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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- 1818 [EY] → Tenant-for-life
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Father → Son
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Grandson → Grandfather
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Nephew → Uncle
Notes →
Nephew and...
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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 Edmund Cranstoun 9th Lord Cranstoun', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645421/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
