Born in The West Indies
Daughter of Sir John Lindsay
& Maria Bell(a slave)
Birth Name: Elizabeth Bell
She was Baptized Dido Elizabeth Belle in 1766
at St George's, Bloomsbury
Dido lived at Kenwood House for 30 years
married, John Davinier
A Frenchman who worked as a Gentlemans Steward
3 sons
Twins:
Charles Davinier 1795-1873
m/Hannah Nash
John Davinier 1795-1873
& William Thomas Davinier 1802-1867
m/Fanny Graham
Her last traceable descendant Harold Davinier
Dido's Great Great Grandson
died 1975 South Africa, Childless
originally buried, St George's Field,
Her grave was moved
& she was cremated in the 1970's∼Dido was the illegitimate daughter of Admiral John Lindsay and an African slave woman, and was born around 1763. Her father was the nephew of the Earl of Mansfield. Her mother is unknown, and may have died in childbirth. Lindsay's uncle took the child into his household at Kenwood, Hampstead, as a companion for her cousin Elizabeth Lindsay. She lived at Kenwood for 30 years, during which time her Uncle, a judge, passed decrees which led to the abolition of slavery in England. As well as being a companion for Elizabeth, Dido was in charge of the Kenwood dairy and received an annual allowance of over £30. She was left money in the wills of her father and her uncle, and she married the Gentleman's Steward John Davinier in 1793, giving him three sons. Dido Elizabeth Belle died in July 1804, and was buried in the St George Hanover Square extra-parochial burial ground in Bayswater Road.
Daughter of Sir John Lindsay
& Maria Bell(a slave)
Birth Name: Elizabeth Bell
She was Baptized Dido Elizabeth Belle in 1766
at St George's, Bloomsbury
Dido lived at Kenwood House for 30 years
married, John Davinier
A Frenchman who worked as a Gentlemans Steward
3 sons
Twins:
Charles Davinier 1795-1873
m/Hannah Nash
John Davinier 1795-1873
& William Thomas Davinier 1802-1867
m/Fanny Graham
Her last traceable descendant Harold Davinier
Dido's Great Great Grandson
died 1975 South Africa, Childless
originally buried, St George's Field,
Her grave was moved
& she was cremated in the 1970's∼Dido was the illegitimate daughter of Admiral John Lindsay and an African slave woman, and was born around 1763. Her father was the nephew of the Earl of Mansfield. Her mother is unknown, and may have died in childbirth. Lindsay's uncle took the child into his household at Kenwood, Hampstead, as a companion for her cousin Elizabeth Lindsay. She lived at Kenwood for 30 years, during which time her Uncle, a judge, passed decrees which led to the abolition of slavery in England. As well as being a companion for Elizabeth, Dido was in charge of the Kenwood dairy and received an annual allowance of over £30. She was left money in the wills of her father and her uncle, and she married the Gentleman's Steward John Davinier in 1793, giving him three sons. Dido Elizabeth Belle died in July 1804, and was buried in the St George Hanover Square extra-parochial burial ground in Bayswater Road.
Born in The West Indies
Daughter of Sir John Lindsay
& Maria Bell(a slave)
Birth Name: Elizabeth Bell
She was Baptized Dido Elizabeth Belle in 1766
at St George's, Bloomsbury
Dido lived at Kenwood House for 30 years
married, John Davinier
A Frenchman who worked as a Gentlemans Steward
3 sons
Twins:
Charles Davinier 1795-1873
m/Hannah Nash
John Davinier 1795-1873
& William Thomas Davinier 1802-1867
m/Fanny Graham
Her last traceable descendant Harold Davinier
Dido's Great Great Grandson
died 1975 South Africa, Childless
originally buried, St George's Field,
Her grave was moved
& she was cremated in the 1970's∼Dido was the illegitimate daughter of Admiral John Lindsay and an African slave woman, and was born around 1763. Her father was the nephew of the Earl of Mansfield. Her mother is unknown, and may have died in childbirth. Lindsay's uncle took the child into his household at Kenwood, Hampstead, as a companion for her cousin Elizabeth Lindsay. She lived at Kenwood for 30 years, during which time her Uncle, a judge, passed decrees which led to the abolition of slavery in England. As well as being a companion for Elizabeth, Dido was in charge of the Kenwood dairy and received an annual allowance of over £30. She was left money in the wills of her father and her uncle, and she married the Gentleman's Steward John Davinier in 1793, giving him three sons. Dido Elizabeth Belle died in July 1804, and was buried in the St George Hanover Square extra-parochial burial ground in Bayswater Road.
Daughter of Sir John Lindsay
& Maria Bell(a slave)
Birth Name: Elizabeth Bell
She was Baptized Dido Elizabeth Belle in 1766
at St George's, Bloomsbury
Dido lived at Kenwood House for 30 years
married, John Davinier
A Frenchman who worked as a Gentlemans Steward
3 sons
Twins:
Charles Davinier 1795-1873
m/Hannah Nash
John Davinier 1795-1873
& William Thomas Davinier 1802-1867
m/Fanny Graham
Her last traceable descendant Harold Davinier
Dido's Great Great Grandson
died 1975 South Africa, Childless
originally buried, St George's Field,
Her grave was moved
& she was cremated in the 1970's∼Dido was the illegitimate daughter of Admiral John Lindsay and an African slave woman, and was born around 1763. Her father was the nephew of the Earl of Mansfield. Her mother is unknown, and may have died in childbirth. Lindsay's uncle took the child into his household at Kenwood, Hampstead, as a companion for her cousin Elizabeth Lindsay. She lived at Kenwood for 30 years, during which time her Uncle, a judge, passed decrees which led to the abolition of slavery in England. As well as being a companion for Elizabeth, Dido was in charge of the Kenwood dairy and received an annual allowance of over £30. She was left money in the wills of her father and her uncle, and she married the Gentleman's Steward John Davinier in 1793, giving him three sons. Dido Elizabeth Belle died in July 1804, and was buried in the St George Hanover Square extra-parochial burial ground in Bayswater Road.
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