Mary Sharp

Not to be confused with Mary Sharpe.
In The Sharp Family by Johann Zoffany, Mary Sharp is the toddler holding a kitten

Mary Sharp (1778–1812),[1] also called Mary Lloyd-Baker or Mary Lloyd Baker, was a niece of the British abolitionist Granville Sharp (1735 – 1813). Mary Sharp herself was an ardent abolitionist, active in campaigns to abolish the Atlantic slave trade.[2]

She married Thomas John Lloyd Baker of Uley, Gloucestershire in 1800. After her death, Baker remarried and built Hardwicke Court.[3]

  1. ^ "Timeline of Events Leading up to the Abolition of the Slave Trade". Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ^ "The Progress of Events~January 1864~24th to 28th". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Index of People". www.rc.umd.edu. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2018.