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Frances Holburne formerly Lascelles (née Ball)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1761

Biography

Born on Barbados, daughter of Guy Ball (c. 1686-after 1722) the owner of Williams later Ball's plantation in Christ Church Barbados. She married twice, to Edward Lascelles (1702-1747) and after his death Admiral Sir Francis Holburne. The Holburne museum in Bath holds the skeleton of a Plantation Book of 1722 for Williams estate when it was owned by the Ball family.


Sources

https://www.holburne.org/the-holburne-family-and-caribbean-plantations

Simon D. Smith, Slavery, Family and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic pp. 336-39 contains a discussion of the possibility that Frances Ball was a woman of colour.

Further Information

Maiden Name
Ball
Spouse
(1) Edward Lascelles (1702-47) (2) Rear Admiral Sir Francis Holburne
Children
With (1) Edward, 1st Earl of Harewood

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
1722 [EA] - 1722 [LA] → Other
Ball's [ Barbados | Christ Church ]

Guy Ball, Frances Holburne's father, was owner of Williams [later Ball's] plantation in 1722.

Relationships (1)

Frances Holburne formerly Lascelles (née Ball)
Mother → Daughter
Catherine Cussans (née Holburne)
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