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31: 19: 92:, stepped in and by the turn of the 19th century had mortgaged all Champneys' properties, his remaining manors of Orchardleigh and Frome Selwood, along with Nutt's River, foreclosing on the eventual bankruptcy. Champneys died in Orchardleigh in 1821. 77:
By 1817 this had grown to a total of 260, 134 males and 126 females, including children. Leaving his wife and children in England, Champneys spent several years (1784–90) in Jamaica, joining the local Trelawney Militia as an artillery superintendent
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the additional surname of Mostyn. In 1822 he undertook a legal action in Chancery to recover the Nutt's River plantation and lost. He stood as parliamentary candidate for Frome following the 1832 Reform Act,
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and other English properties. In 1771 he inherited from his uncle, Anthony Swymmer a sizeable plantation: Nutt's River, in the parish of St Thomas in the East, Surrey, close to
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The name is now used for a large shopping development in Llandudno – Mostyn Champneys Retail Park. Google Maps (53.3195,-3.8177)
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He was succeeded by his son, Sir Thomas, the second Baronet. Sir Thomas married Charlotte Margaret Mostyn, daughter of
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Champneys, later Mostyn-Champneys baronets, of Orchardleigh (1767)
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Sir Thomas Swymmer Mostyn-Champneys, 2nd Baronet (1769–1839)
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The Champneys family had been settled at Orchardleigh in
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from 1775 to 1776. He owned the Orchardleigh estate near
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain
246:"Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Nutt's River" 174:"Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Nutt's River" 139:Sir Thomas Champneys, 1st Baronet (1745–1821) 8: 81:and overseeing the Windward coastal fort 17: 164: 7: 250:Legacies of British Slave-ownership 224:Legacies of British Slave-ownership 178:Legacies of British Slave-ownership 269:Leigh Rayment's list of baronets 14: 103:). In 1821 Sir Thomas assumed by 34:Cupid in Gardens at Orchardleigh 1: 97:Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet 153:Dalrymple-Champneys baronets 114:church of St Mary the Virgin 244:University College London. 218:University College London. 207:. 20 May 1831. p. 975. 172:University College London. 56:Baronetage of Great Britain 300: 44:Mostyn-Champneys Baronetcy 60:High Sheriff of Somerset 35: 27: 54:, was a title in the 33: 21: 204:The London Gazette 52:County of Somerset 36: 28: 24:Orchardleigh House 110:a violent episode 105:Royal Sign Manual 291: 261: 260: 258: 256: 241: 235: 234: 232: 230: 215: 209: 208: 195: 189: 188: 186: 184: 169: 299: 298: 294: 293: 292: 290: 289: 288: 274: 273: 265: 264: 254: 252: 243: 242: 238: 228: 226: 217: 216: 212: 197: 196: 192: 182: 180: 171: 170: 166: 161: 149: 136: 125:Norman conquest 101:Mostyn baronets 12: 11: 5: 297: 295: 287: 286: 276: 275: 272: 271: 263: 262: 236: 210: 190: 163: 162: 160: 157: 156: 155: 148: 145: 144: 143: 140: 135: 132: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 296: 285: 282: 281: 279: 270: 267: 266: 251: 247: 240: 237: 225: 221: 214: 211: 206: 205: 200: 194: 191: 179: 175: 168: 165: 158: 154: 151: 150: 146: 141: 138: 137: 133: 131: 128: 126: 122: 117: 115: 111: 106: 102: 98: 93: 91: 87: 83: 80: 75: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 32: 25: 20: 16: 253:. Retrieved 249: 239: 227:. Retrieved 223: 213: 202: 193: 181:. Retrieved 177: 167: 129: 118: 94: 76: 48:Orchardleigh 43: 39: 37: 15: 199:"No. 18805" 90:Richard Cox 159:References 123:since the 68:Morant Bay 40:Champneys 278:Category 147:See also 121:Somerset 42:, later 22:The new 72:Jamaica 50:in the 255:4 July 229:4 July 183:4 July 86:Surrey 99:(see 64:Frome 46:, of 257:2020 231:2020 185:2020 38:The 280:: 248:. 222:. 201:. 176:. 70:, 259:. 233:. 187:.

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Orchardleigh House

Orchardleigh
County of Somerset
Baronetage of Great Britain
High Sheriff of Somerset
Frome
Morant Bay
Jamaica


Surrey
Richard Cox
Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
Mostyn baronets
Royal Sign Manual
a violent episode
church of St Mary the Virgin
Somerset
Norman conquest
Dalrymple-Champneys baronets
"Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Nutt's River"
"No. 18805"
The London Gazette
"Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Richard Henry Cox"
"Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Nutt's River"
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
Category
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain

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