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Justina Jeffreys
Justina Jeffreys (10 September 1787 – 1869) was a Jamaican-born British gentlewoman in Wales. She resided the majority of her life at Glandyfi Castle which was built by her husband. Early life Justina Jeffreys was born on 10 September 1787 in Jamaica and was baptised there at St. Andrew's Parish. She was mixed-race: her father was Scotsman Charles McMurdo (1744–1826), a captain of the British Army's 3rd Regiment of Foot and brigade major in Jamaica, while her mother Susan Leslie (1766–1812) was a free black woman. At the time, it was relatively common for military personnel stationed in Jamaica to take mistresses. When her father eventually left Jamaica, he moved to Canada where he married, before returning to Scotland, while her mother began a relationship with Scottish doctor John Wright, and had two sons with him. She spent her early childhood in Jamaica along with her younger brother Charles McMurdo Leslie (1790–1865), until she was sent to Wales at the age of 6 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glandyfi Castle
Glandyfi Castle in Glandyfi, Ceredigion, Wales, is a mock castle dating from the early 19th century. It was built for George Jeffreys, a barrister and High Sheriff of Cardiganshire, in around 1819. Jeffreys' great-uncle, Edward, had purchased the estate in 1792. The architect is not known, although John Hiram Haycock has been suggested. Jeffreys and his wife, Justina Jeffreys, were friends of Thomas Love Peacock, the novelist and poet, whose wedding took place at the castle in 1820. The only castellated country house in the county, Glandyfi is a Grade II listed building. A 7800 'Manor' Class locomotive was named after the castle by Great Western Railway, but was withdrawn and scrapped in the 1960s. History The Jeffreys were originally from Shrewsbury and had moved to Ceredigion (then Cardiganshire) in the mid-18th century to develop lead smelting mills. Edward Jeffreys bought the Ynyshir estate, which included the site of the present castle, in 1792. He died in 1801, his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1787 Births
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British People Of Jamaican Descent
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19th-century Welsh Women
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems and confirm cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
