Most of her girlhood was spent at a country house within sight of the Malvern Hills, in Worcestershire, where she was extraordinarily happy.At the age of 15, however, she fell seriously ill, probably as the result of a spinal injury, and her health was permanently affected. Cinnamon Hill Great House was started by Samuel and finished by his son Edward. The last Moulton-Barrett owner was Edward R. Moulton-Barrett, who endowed the archaeology program at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, before his death in 1992. Barrett, Arabella, -1868. Charles John Moulton-Barrett (‘Stormie’) and Septimus (‘Sette’), two younger sons of Edward then took over the estates. Both Sarah and Edward left Jamaica at an early age to be educated in England, and never again did they return to the island of their birth. They eventually had 15 children. Their eldest son, Colonel Edward Alfred Moulton-Barrett, C.M.G., whose name is so well known to us here in this present century, came to Jamaica and lived at Albion, St. Ann. Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett (Father) Mary Graham Clarke (Mother) Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett , / ˈ b r aʊ n ɪ ŋ / ; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era , popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Manuscripts. Barrett (brother), Edward Moulton- Barrett (brother), Samuel Moulton- Barrett (father), Edward Moulton- Barrett (uncle), Samuel Moulton- Barrett, Alfred Moulton- Barrett, Arabella Moulton- Barrett, Charles John Moulton- Barrett, George Goodin Moulton- Barrett, Henrietta Moulton- Barrett, Henry Moulton- Born 1785 at St James,Jamaica and died 1857 in X-England. ...l Barrett, Charles John (Stormie) Moulton-barrett, Henry Barrett, Alfred Price Moulton Barrett, Henry Barrett Moulton-barrett, Septimus &... Circa 1857 - Wimpole St, Middlesex, England, Sarah Goodin Barrett Moulton, Samuel Moulton Barrett, George Goodin Moulton, Mary Barrett Moulton. She grew up in the west of England and was largely educated at home by a tutor, quickly learning Latin and Greek, and read and wrote avidly. Brother of Sarah Goodin Moulton and Samuel Barrett Moulton Barrett, http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/fred05.htm. Items Moulton-Barrett, Charles John Barrett. May 28th, 1824." The above mentioned children Samuel Barrett, Richard Barrett, Edward Barrett and George Goodin Barrett and also my two grandsons Edward Moulton Barrett and Samuel Moulton Barrett and my granddaughter Eliza Barrett Barrett to be maintained, educated and clothed at the expense of my estate until their respective legacies and bequests become due. Hersey Barrett had to sons: Hersey born in 1650 in England, and Samuel born in Jamaica in 1662. Grandfather Edward Barrett, one of Jamaica’s wealthiest and most influential planters, was determined to preserve his plantation “empire” and his family name. Edward Barrett Moulton-Barrett’s wife Mary died in 1828. Memorialize Edward's life with photos and stories about him and the Moulton-Barrett family history. Edward Moulton-Barrett, ou Edward Moulton Barrett (1785-1857) est le père de la poétesse britannique Elizabeth Barrett Browning, elle-même l'épouse du poète Robert Browning. He had been long ill, from having broken his leg some years ago, by being thrown down by a cab, besides other causes of suffering. Edward Moulton-Barrett -- Father of Victorian Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning Edward Barrett Moulton-Barrett (1785-1857) as published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 1, 286–288. Edward Moulton Barrett was born on month day 1807, at birth place, to Edward Emmanuel Barrett Moulton-Barrett and Mary Graham Moulton-Barrett (born Clarke). His annual salary from the plantations in Jamaica exceeded 60,000 pounds per year when he moved to Wimpole Street London. This website was last updated on 12-23-2020. Elizabeth Barrett . He also had a property in Vere between Carlisle Bay and Milk River called “Withywood”, Hersey the pioneer died in 1685. His only brother Samuel ran Cinnamon Hill and Cornwall properties for many years, also Retreat in St. Ann where he was Custos. Edward Moulton-Barrett was in the 72d year of his age.” From his will Edward omitted EBB, Henrietta and Alfred. About Edward, Robert Browning, later to become his son-in-law, tells us that ‘on the early death of his father, he was brought from Jamaica to England, as a ward to Chief Baron Lord Abinger.’ He attending school at Harrow. He died in 1870, and is interred in the property graveyard. As is well known, he promptly disinherited all three of the Moulton-Barrett children—Elizabeth, Henrietta and Alfred—who married during his lifetime. G. E. Barrett (personal communication 7/9/2012) writes that the “house in question was given by E.R.M-B to the servants that The last Moulton-Barrett owner was Edward R. Moulton-Barrett, who endowed the archaeology program at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, before his death in 1992. His wife, circa 1670, and his son Hersey in 1726 aged 76. She grew up in the west of England and was largely educated at home by a tutor, quickly learning Latin and Greek, and read and wrote avidly. Moulton-Barrett did not attempt to hoard girl-children only, although the legend surrounding his daughter’s elopement has sometimes suggested that. Born on 28 May 1785 at the Cinnamon Hill estate of his maternal grandfather, Edward Barrett, in Jamaica, he was the second child and first son of Charles and Elizabeth Moulton. 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