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Henry Goulburn PC FRS (19 March 1784 – 12 January 1856) was an English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846. ==Background and education== Born in London, Goulburn was the eldest son of Munbee Goulburn, of London, by his wife Susannah, eldest daughter of William Chetwynd, 4th Viscount Chetwynd. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Goulburn lived in Betchworth, Dorking in Betchworth House for much of his life and, to boost his parliamentary income, his inheritance included an estate in Jamaica, populated by a number of slaves who worked on sugar plantations in an area of over 2,000 acres (exploringsurreyspast.org.uk) Henry Goulburn’s estate was named Amity Hall which was situated in the parish of Vere, Jamaica. The estate experienced a number of problems and Goulburn wrote perpetually to his agents and attorneys there, slowly realising that his plantations were not reaping the high revenue he had hoped for. In addition, Goulburn had to grapple with a moral dilemma, for the treatment of slaves on his estate did not sit well with his evangelical conscience (exploringsurreyspast.org.uk) As he was absent from the plantation and never visited Jamaica himself, Henry relied upon an attorney to do follow orders on the estate. One attorney in particular, Thomas Samson, held the top job at the estate from 1802-1818 and earned a poor reputation for cruelty towards Goulburn’s slaves (exploringsurreyspast.org.uk) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Goulburn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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