Dennis Kelly (judge)

Dennis Kelly (died 1758) was Chief Justice of Jamaica in 1742. He was one of five brothers from Lisduff[lower-alpha 1] 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
  1. There are several places in Ireland called Lisduff; the source gives no information as to which this was.

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


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