About Edward Rose Tunno
Lived 1794 – 1863 (aged 68–69). Edward Rose Tunno was a British politician and slave trader.
Edward Rose Tunno (1794–1863) was a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bossiney, Cornwall, 1826–1832.
He had homes at Llangennech, near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales; Boverton Castle, Llantwit Major, Glamorganshire, Wales; and 19 Upper Brook Street, London, England.
Acting as executor to his father-in-law Job Raikes's (1767-1833) estate, that included plantation interests at Trinity plantation in Jamaica, he was listed as a claimant for compensation after the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
His coalmine at Llangennech was worked by James Shears from 1824.
He was the uncle of the MP Edward John Sartoris (1814–88), to whom he bequeathed much of his estate.
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British politician (1794–1863)
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Edward Rose Tunno died in 1863.
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Edward Rose Tunno was a politician and slave trader.
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