皇家华人

Rev. John Brome

1767 - 1828

Slave-owner and antecedent of claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Father of John Brome (q.v.) and Emily Aldis (q.v.), son of Samuel Brome of Barbados and owner of Bromefield and Hannays. Died 1828 at Dorset Square.

  1. Will of Rev. John Brome clerk [formerly of Barbados but now of Dorset Square] St Marylebone proved 24/12/1828. He left his wife Elizabeth Ann Brome an annuity of 拢500 p.a. secured on his estates and enslaved people in Barbados. He left his daughter Elizabeth Ann the wife of Christopher Barrow of Sunbury Middlesex 拢1000 in addition to the 拢4000 he had settled on her at marriage. He gave annuities of 拢200 p.a. to each of his daughters Jane and Margaret, to be funded by purchase of 拢3 10s government stock, and 拢5000 to his youngest daughter Emily Arabella at 21. He secured further annuities of 拢400 p.a. for his son John Brome and 拢250 p.a. to his daughter Emily on the estates and enslaved people, which he left subject to these charges to his son John.

Sources

T71/899 Barbados Nos. 4800 & 4801. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University 皇家华人 1261-1900 [database online]: Rev. John Brome, son of Samuel of Barbados, who matriculated at Trinity 1786, BA 1791, died 1828 aged 61 at Dorset Square, 'perhaps father of the next' [i.e. John Brome].

  1. PROB 11/1748/381.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Elizabeth A.
Children
John; Emily; Frances
University
Cambridge (Trinity) [1786-1790 ]
Occupation
Clergyman
Religion
Church of England

Associated Claims (2)

£3,833 7s 10d
Other association
£2,709 0s 0d
Other association

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
1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner

Relationships (4)

Father → Son
Father → Daughter
Husband → Wife
Father-in-law → Son-in-law

Addresses (1)

Dorset Square, London, Middlesex, London, England