Mersham Hatch, Kent, England

Mersham Hatch, Kent, England. Red-brick mansion built by Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, 6th Baronet, and his uncle Sir Edward Knatchbull, 7th Baronet, in the 18th century. William Francis Knatchbull was a slave owner in Jamaica (144 enslaved people). Colour woodblock by Benjamin Fawcett in the Baxter process of an illustration by Alexander Francis Lydon from Reverend Francis Orpen Morris's Picturesque Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie, London, 1880

18th Century Alexander Francis Lydon Baxter Process Benjamin Fawcett Colour Woodblock Enslaved People Great Britain Jamaica Mansion House Pile Privilege Reverend Francis Orpen Morris Slave Trade Stately Home West Indies William Mackenzie

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