Difference between revisions of "Roger Hope Elletson 1723-1775"
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| − | Son of [[family::Richard Elletson]] of [[location::Jamaica]], [[occupation::plantation owner]]. Matriculated at [[education::Trinity College, Cambridge]] 1746, but did not graduate; in 1744 he was admitted at [[organisations::Lincoln's Inn]]. He returned to Jamaica in the 1750s to | + | Son of [[family::Richard Elletson]] of [[location::Jamaica]], [[occupation::plantation owner]]. Matriculated at [[education::Trinity College, Cambridge]] 1746, but did not graduate; in 1744 he was admitted at [[organisations::Lincoln's Inn]]. He returned to Jamaica in the 1750s to run the family estates there; in 1753 he is recorded as owning a 600-acre estate with 93 enslaved people. He was elected a member of the House of Assembly of [[location::Port Royal]], and in 1757 a member of the Royal Council; in 1767-8 he was [[occupation::Lieutenant Governor]] of Jamaica. He died during a visit to England. |
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Latest revision as of 08:52, 4 December 2022
Roger Hope ELLETSON 1723-1775
Biographical Note
Son of Richard Elletson of Jamaica, plantation owner. Matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge 1746, but did not graduate; in 1744 he was admitted at Lincoln's Inn. He returned to Jamaica in the 1750s to run the family estates there; in 1753 he is recorded as owning a 600-acre estate with 93 enslaved people. He was elected a member of the House of Assembly of Port Royal, and in 1757 a member of the Royal Council; in 1767-8 he was Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. He died during a visit to England.
Books
Elletson used an engraved armorial bookplate, made when he was at Trinity College (Franks 9725). The extent of his library is not known; after monetary bequests to some relatives, he left all his estate to his second wife Anna Eliza, who went on to marry James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos.
Sources
- Will of Roger Hope Elletson, the National Archives PROB 11/1014/29.
- Roger Hope Elletson, Legacies of British Slavery.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.