UCL

John Hampden

Profile & Legacies Summary

No Dates

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

This appears to be Rev. John Hampden (c. 1785-1847), the son of John Hampden of Christ Church Barbados, who became an English clergyman and died in 1847 at Bath 'of Hinton Martel Dorset'. His brother is identified in his will as Renn Hampden, inferred to be his co-owner, and his wife is identified in his will as Margaretta.

  1. Hampden, John son of John of Christchurch Isle of ____ West Indies arm. matriculated Queen's College Oxford 19/11/1805 aged 20. BA 1809.

  2. Will of Rev. John Hampden Rector, clerk of Hinton Martel Dorset proved 02/03/1849.


Sources

  1. Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online]

  2. PROB 11/2089/328

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Name in compensation records
John Hamden

Associated Claims (2)

Barbados 3219
£217 9s 11d
Awardee
Details
Barbados 3261 (Small Ridge)
£1,782 14s 0d
Awardee
Details

Associated Estates (2)

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
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
Chancery Lane [ Barbados | Christ Church ]
1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Small Ridge [ Barbados | Christ Church ]

Relationships (1)

John Hampden
Brothers
Renn Hampden
Details
Notes →
It is highly likely that they were brothers: they both owned the Small Ridge estate in Barbados in 1832: see TNA, T71/549, p. 87. In the will of Rev. John Hampden proved 1849 he shows his brother as...