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 daughter Elizabeth was heiress to the Kelly estates there, and in 1752 married Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont.^[1]^[2]

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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