Thomas Graham Briggs

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.

He was the only child of Joseph Lyder Briggs (1792–1866)[1] and Elizabeth Hinds Briggs.

Graham Briggs owned Stoney Grove Estate, Nevis.

Graham Briggs was made a Baronet as Briggs of Briggs Dayrell, Barbados on 27 November 1871.[2] The title became extinct with his death.[3] He was a member of the a member of the Executive Council of Barbados.[4]

References

"Summary of Individual Legacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk. University College London. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
"No. 23798". The London Gazette. 21 November 1871. p. 4795.
Rayment, Leigh. "Baronetage". leighrayment.com. Leigh Rayment. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
"Map of the Island of Nevis. This Map of the Island of Nevis is most respectfully dedicated to The Honourable Thomas Graham Briggs &c. &c. &c. by his well-wisher John Alexander Burke Iles. 2nd January 1871. - ILES, John Alexander Burke". alteagallery.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

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[LBS-1] "Summary of Individual Legacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk. University College London. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[2] "No. 23798". The London Gazette. 21 November 1871. p. 4795.

[LR-3] Rayment, Leigh. "Baronetage". leighrayment.com. Leigh Rayment. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[Altea_Antique_Maps-4] "Map of the Island of Nevis. This Map of the Island of Nevis is most respectfully dedicated to The Honourable Thomas Graham Briggs &c. &c. &c. by his well-wisher John Alexander Burke Iles. 2nd January 1871. - ILES, John Alexander Burke". alteagallery.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.