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| '''Emanuel Lousada''' (26 December 1783—14 December 1854)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p72469.htm#i724687|title=Emanuel Lousada|author=The Peerage|date=10 September 2013}}</ref> was a [[London]]-born Jewish merchant, slave plantation owner and public office holder with interests in [[Jamaica]] and [[Barbados]]. He was the [[High Sheriff of Devon]] from 1842 until 1843, making him the first Jew to hold the title in a county outside of the [[List of sheriffs of London|Sheriff of London]],<ref name="jlp">{{cite news |url=https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/emanuel-baruh-lousada |title=Emanuel Baruh Lousada|author=Jewish Lives Project|date=10 September 2013}}</ref> which had been held first by [[David Salomons]] in 1835. Lousada was associated with [[Peak House, Sidmouth]]. Lousada owned more than 400 African slaves on his sugarcane plantations in the [[British West Indies]] at the time of the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]]. He died a wealthy man, leaving £100,000 in his will (worth £{{formatprice|{{inflation|UK|100,000|1833}}}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}<ref name="emm" /> | '''Emanuel Lousada''' (26 December 1783—14 December 1854)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p72469.htm#i724687|title=Emanuel Lousada|author=The Peerage|date=10 September 2013}}</ref> was a British merchant, planter and politician with interests in [[Jamaica]] and [[Barbados]]. He was the [[High Sheriff of Devon]] from 1842 until 1843, making him the first Jew to hold the title in a county outside of the [[List of sheriffs of London|Sheriff of London]],<ref name="jlp">{{cite news |url=https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/emanuel-baruh-lousada |title=Emanuel Baruh Lousada|author=Jewish Lives Project|date=10 September 2013}}</ref> which had been held first by [[David Salomons]] in 1835. Lousada was associated with [[Peak House, Sidmouth]]. Lousada owned more than 400 African slaves on his sugarcane plantations in the [[British West Indies]] at the time of the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]]. He died a wealthy man, leaving £100,000 in his will (worth £{{formatprice|{{inflation|UK|100,000|1833}}}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}<ref name="emm" /> |
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== |
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| [[Category:Recipients of payments from the Slavery Abolition Act 1833]] | [[Category:Recipients of payments from the Slavery Abolition Act 1833]] |
| [[Category:High Sheriffs of Devon]] | [[Category:High Sheriffs of Devon]] |
| [[Category:Jamaican slave owners]] |
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