Richard Clement (1754 – 1829)
Richard Clement | |
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| Born | 1754 |
| Died | 1829 (aged 74–75) |
| Occupation | Barbados landowner |
| Children | Four including Hampden Clement (1807 -1880) and Martha Clement (1784 - 1868) |
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Richard Clement (1754 – 1829) was an influential Barbados landowner of sugar plantations.
The Clement family (like the Alleyne family, Codrington family, Drax family, and Terrill family) were amongst the early European colonisers of Barbados.
Richard Clement served in the Napoleonic Wars[1] in the Caribbean whilst he owned the estates Black Bess (197 slaves)[2] and Clement Castle (231 slaves)[3] (formerly Sober Castle, latterly Ellis Castle) in Saint Peter, Barbados.[4][5]
His English residence was No. 13 Bolton Street, Mayfair,[4] on the same street as his son-in-law Colonel Thomas Moody, ADC, Kt. who resided at No. 23.[6][7][8][9]
He was buried at St George's, Hanover Square, London.[4]
Issue
His children included:
- Martha Clement (1784 - 1868), who married the Colonial Office expert Colonel Thomas Moody, ADC, Kt.[4], to whose children Major General Richard Clement Moody, who was named after him,[10] and Susannah Moody, he left monetary inheritance.[4] Martha Clement's other children included The Rev. James Leith Moody and Colonel Hampden Clement Blamire Moody.
- Hampden Clement (1807 - 1880), of No. 23, No. 20,[11] and No. 21, Wilton Crescent, Belgravia,[1] who was educated at Rugby School[1] and Exeter College, Oxford, and who married Philippa Cobham Alleyne (1813 - 1889) who was the daughter of Sir Reynold Abel Alleyne, 2nd Baronet (1789 – 1870)[11] of Cabbage Tree Hall (which was later renamed Alleynedale Hall) in Saint Peter, Barbados.[11] Hampden Clement inherited from his father the estate Clement Castle (220 slaves) (formerly Sober Castle, latterly Ellis Castle) in Saint Peter, Barbados,[4] which he sold to the black man Thomas Ellis for £26,000 (over £2 million in 21st century money) during 1837.[3] His children included the Belgravia cricketers Richard Clement and Reynold Clement, by the latter of whom his grandchildren included the soldier Sydney Reynold Clement (1873 - 1915).
- Richard Clement Junior, of Trinity College, Oxford and Inner Temple,[12] who died on Nevis in 1823, by whom he was predeceased.[4]
- John Clement, who inherited the estate Black Bess (196 slaves) in Saint Peter, Barbados, from his father.[4]
Sources
- ^ a b c "CLEMENT, Sydney Reynold". East Melbourne Historical Society. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Entry for Barbados 4953 (Black Bess), UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery". 2019.
- ^ a b "Entry for Barbados 4874 (Clement Castle), UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery". 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Richard Clement: Profile and Legacies Summary, Legacies of British Slave Ownership, UCL". University College London. 2019.
- ^ Will of Richard Clement of Barbados, PROB 11/1811/204, University College, London
- ^ Incorporated Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negro Slaves in the British West India Islands (1828). "Report of the Incorporated Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negro Slaves in the British West India Islands for the Year 1828". R. Gilbert. p. 236.
- ^ Incorporated Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negro Slaves in the British West India Islands (1829). "Report of the Incorporated Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negro Slaves in the British West India Islands for the Year 1829". William Clowes, London. p. 88.
- ^ Eliza Boyle & Son (1829). "Boyle's Fashionable Court and Country Guide, January 1829". Eliza Boyle & Son, 284 Regent Street, London. p. 436.
- ^ Thomas Moody (1779–1849) (1828). "Letter of Thomas Moody, late Commissioner for inquiring into the State of Captured Negroes, 7 July 1828, in Papers Relating to the Slave Trade, of the Session 29 January – 28 July 1828, Vol. XXVI". House of Commons. p. 6.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Legacies of British Slave Ownership: Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Moody: Imperial Legacy Details".
- ^ a b c "Hampden Clement: Profile and Legacies Summary, Legacies of British Slave Ownership, UCL". University College London. 2019.
- ^ "Legacies of British Slave-Ownership: Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Moody: Profile and Legacies Summary". University College London. Retrieved 6 June 2016.