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John Cutting Packer

Profile & Legacies Summary

1777 - 1856

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Resident planter, father inter alios of Sir Charles Packer, Chief Justice of Barbados:

  1. Charles Packer (1816-1888): Admitted pensioner (age 19) at Trinity, Cambridge, 17 February 1835. [3rd] son of John [Culling]. Born in Barbados [1816]. School, private. Matriculated. Michaelmas. 1835; B.A. 1839. Admitted at the Inner Temple, 23 November 1837. Called to the Bar, 29 January 1841. Member of the General Assembly, Barbados, 1846-67; Speaker, 1861-6. Solicitor-General, Barbados, 1847-74. Escheator-General, 1859. Member of Legislative Council, 1868-76. Chief Justice of Barbados, 1874. Knighted, 1879.

Charles Packer was married, 1841, Amelia Rebecca, eldest daughter. of J. T. Ellis, Esq., of Barbados. Died Feb. 21, 1888, at Ruttal House, Barbados. (Boase, II. 1299; Walford, County Families; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.)


Sources

  1. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online]

Further Information

Spouse
Amelia Rebecca Ellis
University
Trinity College, Cambridge [1835-1839 ]
Legal Education
Inner Temple, admitted 23 November 1837; called to the Bar, 29 January 1841

Associated Claims (2)

Barbados 374 (Whitehall Hall)
£1,435 2s 0d
Awardee
Details
Barbados 2115 (Highland)
£2,773 1s 9d
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
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Fortress [ Barbados | St Thomas ]
1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Highland [ Barbados | St Thomas ]