Charlotte Augusta Amelia Howard (née Bolton)

Part-owner of Upper Diamond Estate in St Vincent and owner of a reversionary interest in the estate following the death of her brother-in-law Richard Worthington Roberts (q.v.), whose wife Sophia Mary (nee Bolton) had died c. 1832.

1. Youngest daughter of Sir George Bolton (q.v.) and his wife Catherine. Her father was a tutor to the daughters of George III and invented the gun-lock. It appears that he came to own the Diamond estate through his wife's father: he made at least one trip to the West Indies, in 1799.

2. Charlotte married Thomas Wallis 30/03/1816 and was divorced by him in 1828 following her adultery with Thomas Birkett. Remarried, to Frank Howard (q.v.), 19/12/1833.

3. Died 13/03/1875 at Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, age 76. Will proved 03/07/1875 by Alfred Hill of 270 Hagley-road, Edgbaston in the Borough of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Esquire, the sole executor. Effects under £200.

4. Sir George Bolton as the 'owner' of Dido, 'a female negro belonging to Sir George Bolton' who was buried at Tidenham Gloucestershire 24/11/1805, is the subject of a brief note, In search of Dido, which reveals nothing about Dido but contains details of Sir George Bolton's ownership of the Upper Diamond estate.

T71/892 St Vincent claim nos. 503 and 511 (Upper Diamond).

1. Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 119, p. 370, April 1816. Anita McConnell, ‘Bolton, Sir George (fl. 1790–1799)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004) available at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2802 [accessed 10/07/2012].

2. House of Lords Journal, Vol. 62, pp. 248-252, Wallis's Divorce Bill. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online].

3. FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]. National Probate Calendar 1875.

4. In search of Dido (2007) at http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=48451&p=0 [accessed 10/07/2012].