Robert Hibbert (merchant)
Robert Hibbert (1750–1835) was an English merchant in Kingston, Jamaica. He owned Albion plantation, owned slaves, and was a justice of the peace for Kingston, Saint George, and Saint Mary parishes.[1]
In 1791, he purchased the original Birtles Hall in Cheshire, demolishing it and building a new house, and in 1798 he purchased Pains Hill in Surrey.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Robert Hibbert of Chalfont Park and Birtles Hall. Legacies of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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- 1750 births
- 1835 deaths
- Businesspeople from Manchester
- English justices of the peace
- English landowners
- Planters of Jamaica
- British slave owners
- English merchants
- Jamaican people stubs