sentences:  He later held the honorary post of Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire from 1823 to 1845.According to the "Legacies of British Slave-Ownership" at the University College London, Verulam was awarded a payment as a slave trader in the aftermath of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 with the Slave Compensation Act 1837.The British Government took out a £15 million loan (worth £ in 2020) with interest from Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Moses Montefiore which was subsequently paid off by the British taxpayers (ending in 2015).