Person Willett; John Willett (1745 - 1815); plantation and slave owner Willett John Willett plantation and slave owner John Willett Adye 1745 - 1815 British Male 01 Jan 1745 17450101 Bath, England, United Kingdom 26 September 1815 18150926

Dean Street, Soho, London (1779)

Plantation and slave owner; politician Antiquities Art Education: Lincoln's Inn (1763) Career: MP for New Romney (1796-1806); Sheriff of Dorset (1809); owner of Red Gate and Bevon Island plantations in St Kitts, which exploited enslaved people for labour (1795-death); sold the book collections inherited from his patron Ralph Willett due to decline in profit from his plantations and mounting debts (1813); monument at the Church of Cranford Magna, Dorset Memberships: FSA Son of Stephen Adye and Clara Payne daughter of Abraham of St Kitts; maternal second cousin of Ralph Willett (FRS 1764) who left him his estate and fortune, including Merley House, Dorset and plantations in St Kitts, after which he changed his surname from Adye to Willett (1795) Married 1) Catherine Brouncker (1780) daughter of Herny Brouncker of St Kitts, 2) Frances Wilson (1805) Fellow 08/12/1774 29 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; HP: Wikipedia; UCL LBS References: 'John Willett Willett senior, formerly Adye', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1871639041 [accessed 9th July 2020]. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 01 Jan 1745 - 26 Sep 1815 NA3141 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 19/12/2025 RS_NET\louisianef yes ce89b9c7-6b12-4324-aac9-54bdd771ccf7