Record

Document Reference	Pl C 52/34
Title	Letter from [W.H.C. Bentinck] 3rd Duke of Portland, London, to General Keppel; 14 Apr. 1801
Date	14 April 1801
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes that he lately applied to the duke on behalf of M. Dudon who was proceeding to Martinique to put in his claim to a plantation called Hakaërt; the other claimants to these lands have also written to the duke to request that he recommend them to Keppel, namely Madame V. Pérés Duvierer, Monsieur Louis Lalanne and Monsieur Pierre Coudere (son of the late Madame Coudere); they all live in London and are keen that their presence in Martinique may be dispensed with; would be glad for any help that Keppel could give in preventing them from being put to any extra inconvenience of expense. For material relating to this document see Pl C 52/179. With some overscoring and corrections.
Term	patronage

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA41302	Dudon; - (fl 1801); Monsieur; son of Pierre J. Dudon	fl 1801
NA41336	Duvivier; V. Pérés (fl 1801); Madame	fl 1801
NA41337	Lalanne; Louis (fl 1801); Monsieur	fl 1801
NA41338	Coudere; Pierre (fl 1801); Monsieur	fl 1801
NA905	Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 1762	1738-1809
NA41304	Keppel; - (fl 1801); Governor; Governor of Martinique	fl 1801