Dennis Kelly (judge)

Dennis Kelly (died 1758) was Chief Justice of Jamaica in 1742. He was one of five brothers from Lisduff^[a] who emigrated from Ireland to Jamaica in the 18th century. His only legitimate daughter, Elizabeth, was heiress to, the Kelly estates there, and in 1752 married Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont.^[1]^[2] Denis Kelly's illegitimate daughter, Priscilla Kelly, married Robert Cooper Lee, Crown Solicitor-General of Jamaica, and Barrister of London, England. Their heiress daughter, Favell Bourke Lee, married David Bevan, British banker of Barclay, Bevan, Bennin, Tritton (forerunners of Barclays Bank DCO). This united several of Britain's aristocratic families.

Footnotes[]

^ There are several places in Ireland called Lisduff; the source gives no information as to which this was.

References[]

^ Cundall, Frank. (1915) Historic Jamaica. London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xviii-xix.
^ "Summary of Individual Legacies of British Slave-ownership Dennis Kelly, ????-1758". www.ucl.ac.uk.

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[1] There are several places in Ireland called Lisduff; the source gives no information as to which this was.

[cund-2] Cundall, Frank. (1915) Historic Jamaica. London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xviii-xix.

[3] "Summary of Individual Legacies of British Slave-ownership Dennis Kelly, ????-1758". www.ucl.ac.uk.

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