Thomas Graham Briggs
British landowner in Barbados and Nevis
About Thomas Graham Briggs
Lived 1833 – 1887 (aged 54).
Sir Thomas Graham Briggs, 1st Baronet (30 September 1833 – 11 October 1887) was a Victorian land-owner in the Caribbean with property in Barbados and Nevis.
Early life
Thomas Graham Briggs was born on 30 September 1833 on the British colony of Barbados. He was the only child of Joseph Lyder Briggs (1792 - 1866) and Elizabeth Hinds. Thomas' father was a wealthy landowner in Barbados, serving as a justice of the peace and an honorary Colonel of the St. Lucy regiment of militia.
Joseph Lyder Briggs owned various estates across Barbados, including: Fortress, in St. Thomas Parish. Co-owned with John Cutting Packer Checker Hall, in St. Lucy Parish. Maynard's, in St. Peter Parish.
Education Thomas attended Codrington College in Barbados, then entered Trinity College, Cambridge on 12 Jan 1852. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in 1856, and left with a Master's in 1862.
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Who was Thomas Graham Briggs?
British landowner in Barbados and Nevis
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Thomas Graham Briggs was born on 30 September 1833.
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Thomas Graham Briggs died on 11 October 1887.
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