Silver, porcelain, metalwork, furniture, paintings. 4,000 items in his collection became the basis for the Holburne Museum in Bath. Probably began when he undertook a Grand Tour in the 1820s, some items possibly inherited, added to the collection over the years. Apparently reliant on an annuity of 拢500 a year left to him by his aunt Catherine Cussans.
https://www.holburne.org/the-collection/history-of-the-collection/
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Collector?
Yes
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Collection Intact?
Yes
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Collection Location
10 Cavendish Crescent
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Dispersal Date
30th Nov -0001
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
