Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Dorothy Elizabeth Berney
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Name Dorothy Elizabeth Berney Gender Female Death 1842 Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England 
[1] Person ID I29785 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 7 Sep 2020
Father William Berney, b. of Barbados d. Bef Nov 1765 Mother Mary Smith, b. 12 Dec 1740 d. Aug 1775 (Age 34 years) Family ID F17770 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Edmund Boehm, b. 1741, of Ottershaw Park, Chertsey, Surrey, England d. 1822 (Age 81 years) Marriage 1781 [1] Family ID F17774 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Sep 2020
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Notes - As a part owner of one or more slave plantations in the West Indies, she is recorded as one of those compensated as a consequence of the Slave Compensation Act of 1837.
From Dorothy Elizabeth Boehm (née Berney) at Legacies of British Slave-ownership:
Widow of Edmund Boehm, a London West India merchant, having married in 1781. They lived at Ottershaw Park Surrey 1796-1819, until Boehm’s bankruptcy. Edmund Boehm died 1822 aged 82 (memorial in Chobham Church).
Built 16 St James’s Square on land bought from Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount, in 1804. House completed 1807. Account of June 21st 1815 evening reception including the Prince Regent, interrupted by Major The Hon. Henry Percy with four French Eagle standards and news of the victory at Waterloo.
Dorothy Boehm had a grace-and-favour apartment at Hampton Court Palace from 1827 onwards. In 1841 she was shown still living there, Independent aged 75, born F[oreign parts]. Her death was registered Q1 1842 at Kingston Surrey.
- As a part owner of one or more slave plantations in the West Indies, she is recorded as one of those compensated as a consequence of the Slave Compensation Act of 1837.
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Sources - [S4314] Dorothy Elizabeth Boehm (née Berney). At Legacies of British Slave-Ownership at the University College of London.
- [S4314] Dorothy Elizabeth Boehm (née Berney). At Legacies of British Slave-Ownership at the University College of London.