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Sir William Charles Fahie

Profile & Legacies Summary

1763 - 1833

Biography

Slave-owner on St Kitts, where he had been born, with an entry in the ODNB as 'naval officer'.


Sources

Laughton, J. K. "Fahie, Sir William Charles (1763–1833), naval officer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 8 Feb. 2018. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-9064.

Further Information

Absentee?
West Indian
Spouse
(1) Elizabeth Renie Heyliger (2) Mary Esther Harvey
Oxford DNB Entry
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Associated Estates (1)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1831 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
Unknown [ St Kitts ]

Sir William Charles Fahie was shown in 1831 and 1834 as having gifted a group of enslaved people to trustees and to his daughter Arabella Louisa Burke.

Relationships (3)

Sir William Charles Fahie
Deceased Husband → Widow
Lady Mary Fahie (née Harvey)
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Sir William Charles Fahie
Father → Daughter
Arabella Louisa Burke
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Sir William Charles Fahie
Nephew → Uncle
Anthony Fahie II
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Notes →
Caribbeana IV shows Anthony Fahie II, son of Anthony Fahie I, and an unnamed Fahie, son of Anthony Fahie I and father of Sir William Charles Fahie, who was described as Speaker of St Kitts and Judge...