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Elizabeth Home, Countess of Home.
Jamaican-born heiress, noblewoman and absentee plantation owner
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About Elizabeth Home, Countess of Home
Elizabeth Home, Countess of Home was a Jamaican-born heiress, noblewoman and absentee plantation owner. Already rich from her merchant father, she married James Lawes, the eligible son of Jamaica's governor, in 1720. They moved to London, and his death in 1734 left her a wealthy widow. Home married the spendthrift William Home, 8th Earl of Home in late 1742. He abandoned her soon after, and she spent her next years living an extravagant lifestyle. She owned plantations in the parishes of St Andrew and Vere in Jamaica, owning over 423 slaves on her plantations.
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- January 15, 1784