 1792 - 1817 (25 years)
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| Name |
Henry Sellon Boneval Latrobe [1] |
| Born |
19 Jul 1792 |
London, England  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Engineer |
| Residence |
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Baptism |
25 Aug 1792 |
Percy Chapel, St Pancras, Middlesex, England [2] |
| Burial |
1817 |
St Louis Cem No. 1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [3] |
| Buried |
1817 |
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [3] |
| Died |
3 Sep 1817 |
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [3] |
| Person ID |
I4410 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Father |
Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe, b. 1 May 1764, Fulneck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England , d. 3 Sep 1820, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 56 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Lydia Sellon, b. 22 Aug 1760, d. Nov 1793, London, England (Age 33 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
27 Feb 1790 |
St James Church, Clerkenwell, London, England [4] |
| Notes |
- Benjamin Henry Latrobe proposed to Lydia Sellon in the true eighteenth century manner. The Reverend Dr. Sellon acquiesced at once, apparently with enthusiasm, but among the rest of the family there was much opposition. Years later in Richmond, Latrobe wrote out in 1797 a vivid account of the affair, with pungent character sketches of all members of the Sellon group. It was obvious that Mrs. Sellon was more worldly than her husband and had hoped for a wealthy marriage, but was eventually brought around to accept. One married daughter was violently opposed, the other favorable, and the sons were equally divided. Finally after various family meetings - at some of which Latrobe, to his great embarrassment, was forced to be present - the father won out and the marriage was at last approved.
Then came the question of a settlement. Lydia's father was generous; she had been his favorite daughter, and she was to be protected at all costs. Here he was adamant; the hostile children raged, without avail. On Lydia the Doctor settled a generous income during her lifetime, a small reversion to her husband, and a large reversion to her children after her death. It is ironic to find that after Lydia's death, when Latrobe (in 1795-6) and the children (in 1800) had come to America, all Latrobe's efforts to collect for his daughter and his son what was their due came to naught. The children's estate had been left in charge of their uncles, William and John Sellon, who never paid. Again and again, when Latrobe found himself faced with almost insoluble financial difficulties and his mind turned to this inheritance, he wrote to his brother Christian in London, urging him to seek a settlement. He suggested that Christian call on John Sellon (which Christian did), without result) and later that the whole matter be put in the hands of John Silvester, the Latrobes' counsel, for handling. In one of those letters, (May 7, 1804) Latrobe wrote:
"The conduct of the Sellons to me & my children, in not rendering an account of the money accumulating in their hands is unpardonable, and even dishonest, & the neglect of John Sellon in not returning your visit is ungentlemanly. William, I know, is no better than a bankrupt. If justice were done, he should pay, principal and interest, to my children of at least £20,000. But they will never get a penny."
Latrobe tried through his brother, Christian Ignatius, and with John Silvester, legal counsel to get the Sellons to pay - all to no avail. The efforts finally ended after some two decades with the bankruptcy of William Sellon.
After their marriage the couple lived in a house on Grafton Street.
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F1 |
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 | Born - 19 Jul 1792 - London, England |
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 | Residence - - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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 | Burial - 1817 - St Louis Cem No. 1, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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| Buried - 1817 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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| Died - 3 Sep 1817 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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| Notes |
- Henry Sellon Boneval Latrobe was the son of Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe and Lydia Sellon, his first wife. Architect of the Orleans Ballroom and other New Orleans buildings, he went to New Orleans to work on his father's waterworks project. When he contracted yellow fever, his father came to New Orleans and worked with him there until his death.
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| Sources |
- [S141] The Virginia Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe 1795-1798, Maryland Historical Society, (Name: Yale University Press;), BHL Va Journals, Vol 1, Pg lxx.
- [S276] London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
Record for Henry Sellon Latrobe
- [S476] Find-A-Grave, Henry Sellon Boneval Latrobe 1817.
- [S20] Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Talbot Hamlin, (Name: Oxford University Press; Location: New York; Date: 1955;), Page 29-30.
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