George Hay Dawkins-Pennant
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George Hay Dawkins-Pennant (20 February 1764 – 17 December 1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire, and 56 Portland Place, Middlesex, was a plantation and slave owner,[1] Member of Parliament for Newark and New Romney.
He was the second son of Henry Dawkins and his original name was George Hay Dawkins; the surname Pennant was added when he inherited the estate from his second cousin Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn, who died in 1808.[2][3]
Life[edit]
Dawkins-Pennant was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark 19 May 1814 to 1818; and for New Romney 1820 to 1830.[2]
Dawkins-Pennant inherited four large sugar estates (Cotes, Denbigh, Kupuis, Pennant's)[1] in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, and at the time of emancipation in the 1830s, the British government compensated him for over 650 slaves in his possession.[4] Best known for his development of the Penrhyn estates, he died immensely wealthy, leaving £600,000.[1]
Family[edit]
Dawkins-Pennant married in 1807 Sophia Mary Maude (d. 1812), daughter of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden. They had two children Juliana Isabella Mary (1808–1842) and Emma Elizabeth Alicia[5] (1810–1888). In 1814 he married Elizabeth, daughter of William Henry Bouverie.[6]
His eldest daughter and co-heiress Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant in August 1833 married Colonel Edward Gordon Douglas, from 1841 Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn of the second creation.[7] They had two children, of which eldest son George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant succeeded his father in 1886 as the 2nd Baron Penrhyn.
Emma Elizabeth Alicia Dawkins-Pennant[8] married in 1831 Thomas-Charles, Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley (d. 1863). He left £140,000.[9] She had children with him and his successor, also Lord Sudeley.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Dawkins Pennant, George Hay (1764–1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Caern. and 56 Portland Place, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Search | Legacies of British Slavery".
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
- ^ "Dawkins Pennant, George Hay (1764–1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Caern., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "George Hay Dawkins Pennant 20th Feb 1764 – 17th Dec 1840, Summary of Individual, Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995".
- ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 1. Harrison.
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