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William Dickinson (1771–1837)

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which was subsequently paid off by the British taxpayers (ending in 2015). Dickinson was associated with five different claims, but two of those were in the capacity of executor. For the three plantations he owned (Appleton Estate, Barton Isles Pen, and Pepper Pen & Bona Vista) in
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where he matriculated in 1789, graduating with a B.A. in 1793 and an M.A. in 1795. He came into the family estate at
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Ruvigny and Raineval, Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny (1911).
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The History of Guernsey: With Occasional Notices of Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, and Biographical Sketches
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Sophia Gertrude (1814–1902), married in 1840 the Rev. John Stuart Hippisley Horner, and was mother of
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Edmund Henry Dickinson (1821–1897), married in 1861 Emily Dulcibella Eden, daughter of
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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Recipients of payments from the Slavery Abolition Act 1833
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From a Bristol merchant family who were slave owners in
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in the period 1804 to 1806. In 1806 he was elected for
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Dickinson married in 1803 Sophia Smith, daughter of
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Index

Member of Parliament
Lostwithiel
Member of Parliament
Ilchester
Francis
William Dickinson
Robert Dickinson
John F.F. Horner
Samuel Smith
William Bence-Jones
Christ Church, Oxford
Jamaica
William Dickinson
Westminster School
Christ Church, Oxford
Kingweston
House of Commons
Ilchester
William Pitt the Younger
Lostwithiel
Lord of the Admiralty
Somerset
Catholic emancipation
Legacies of British Slave-Ownership
University College London
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
Slave Compensation Act 1837
Nathan Mayer Rothschild
Moses Montefiore
Jamaica

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