UCL

Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 65 (Grange Hill)

Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates

12th Oct 1835 | 182 Enslaved | £3141 14s 2d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Parliamentary Papers p. 47.

T71/867: awarded to Sir Henry Fitzherbert, St Thomas-in-the-East, owner-in-fee.

Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey, The West Indies in 1837 (London, Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1838) p. 297: 'a fine estate belonging to Sir Henry Fitzherbert, which has recently been truned into an indigo plantation.' Experiment in restoring cultivation of indigo: 'the circumstance of this interesting experiment being confided to an Overseer, and one who has made up his mind beforehand that it will not succeed, forebodes an unfavourable result.'

Further Information

Colony
Jamaica
Parish
St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey
Claim No.
65
Estate
Grange Hill
Collected by
Adam, B of JNelson, BA, JHNelson
Uncontested
Yes

Associated Individuals (1)

Sir Henry Fitzherbert 3rd Bart.
1st claimant (Owner-in-fee)

Associated Estates (1)

Grange Hill [ Jamaica ]