Justin Welby's biological father, who the archbishop did not have a relationship with, is the great great grandson of the owner of a Jamaican plantation and received compensation after the abolition of slavery.

The latest divine revelation for the Archbishop of Canterbury comes not from a stone tablet. Instead, it follows a series of historical disclosures, all stemming from a DNA test prompted by a Telegraph investigation in 2016.

Justin Welby says a recent trip to Jamaica has helped him "confront the legacies of enslavement".

Justin Welby reveals late biological father, Anthony Montague Browne, who served as Winston Churchill's private secretary, had ancestral connections to enslavement of people in Jamaica and Tobago - An

Another direct descendant of the Fergusson family said its time to "stop denying" the history of slavery and face up to "our debts"

Mr Welby said his great, great, great grandfather Sir James Fergusson was an owner of enslaved people at the Rozelle Plantation in St Thomas, Jamaica. In 2016, Mr Welby revealed that his biological father was the late Sir Anthony Montague Browne – Sir Winston Churchill’s last private secretary.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a public statement after discovering an ancestor's connection to the slave trade in the Caribbean.