1794 - 1884
Apparently from Brickhill in Buckinghamshire. Naval agent and lawyer. Married Harriet Woodcock in 1825. In Islington from the 1830s till his death in 1884 at the age of 90. Will proved by two of his sons in 1884, effects £33,318 3s.
See http://hector.davie.ch/misc/Woodcock.html; National Probate Calendar 1884.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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Wealth at death
£33,318 3S
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£1,798 3s 8d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Commercial (4) |
Railway Investment
Direct Northern (Lincoln to York) [184537]
£2500
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Railway Investment
Direct London and Portsmouth [184535]
£2500
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Railway Investment
London and York [1846316]
£3750
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Railway Investment
Chester, Manchester and Liverpool Junction [184529]
£2000
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Son-in-law → Mother-in-law
Notes →
Edward Chard was also the executor of his mother-in-law Mary...
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20 St John's Park, Islington, London, Middlesex, London, England
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3 Camden Road Place, Holloway, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Edward Chard', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/46108 [accessed 19th April 2024].
