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George Hibbert.
British politician, merchant, collector and slave owner (1757–1837)
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About George Hibbert
George Hibbert was an English merchant, politician and ship-owner. Alongside fellow slaver Robert Milligan, he was also one of the principals of the West India Dock Company which instigated the construction of the West India Docks on London's Isle of Dogs in 1800. An amateur botanist and book-collector, he also helped found the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1824.
Everything about George Hibbert →- Occupation
- politician, businessperson, botanist, slave trader
- Position held
- member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom, agent-general, member of the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- January 13, 1757, 1757
- Died
- October 8, 1837, 1837